Inducing gemmae production

[lithopsman]

Hello all!

Well, I'd like some good gemmae from my D. 'Lake badgerup', so, I read about the reduction in length of daylight, but what's a legitimate reduction sundew wise? So far, I reduced it about 25 minutes, now should I let it just get acclimated?

thanks!

 

[Pyro]

Gradual reduction to about 8-10 hours of light followed by uninterupted dark is what I have heard.

 

[lithopsman]

Wellllll, the only teeny, tiny, teeeeeeny thing is: It's in a terrarium with neps!

So, should I take them out?

P.S. Thanks!

 

[dodecatheon]

Mine usually produce gemmae in the fall: october or novemberish. So what Pyro recommends sounds about right.

 

[CP2k]

You do not have to take out the nepenthes. The pygmy droserae that I grow outdoors produce gemmae during late Nov.-Jan and sometimes into Feb.

 

[dodecatheon]

But if he isn't growing them outdoors then he will need to vary the photoperiod in order to induce gemmae production. What he is asking is: will the reduced photoperiod neccessary to induce gemmae production have any effect on the neps that would neccessitate their removal from the terrarium.

I don't know the answer. You should ask in the nep group.

 

[lithopsman]

Actually I meant should I take out the pygmies (3)