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spiralis has seemed to stabilize for me (soil issues I think were the problem before), may just have to go with milled sphagnum for some of the plants from SA. Something about my peat seems to be probematic; I lost chrysolepis recently. Otherwise as long as they're getting the same conditions the Helis and highland Neps are they seem okay.
There are lots of similarities between your sundew collection and mine. Have you ever been able to make any crosses with either D. 'Andromeda' or D. adelae? I've always wondered if either of them are sterile or just won't cross with anything else. It's always seemed to me that an adelae x schizandra cross would be interesting.
I have only ever flowered adelae once and it was years ago when I had nothing else in that group, and this is the first time "Andromeda" has ever bloomed for me. I could try crossing it back with prolifera, but haven't yet.
Nice to see your successes with Petiolaris sundews. I am back in this game recently and, again, enjoying them immensely. I recently received a true D. lanata after growing the aff. Flying Fox Creek form for years. As much as I love FFC I can see now why it carries the 'aff. ' prefix - a very different plant. 'Wouldn't surprise me if it becomes a separate species someday.
I also have one locality of what's supposed to be the true lanata (though apparently debatable depending on if you believe it's a Queensland endemic or not) and definitely different. One species I am not having reliable luck with yet: the ordensis/aff.ordensis group. Had a couple rot for reasons I cannot track, though luckily still a representative of each hanging on.
I lost almost everything about two years ago so I had to completely rework my heating system. Spontaneous rot is certainly a hazard with this group. My salvation was using a standard screw-in ceramic heating element, and getting rid of the heating mats I had. Having the heat be dry while the general environment is very humid, due to the whole bottom of the tank being essentially a watering tray, seems to strike a balance for me.
Same general soil mix as most common sundews (peat, perlite, blasting abrasive), but the important part is once it's in a pot, NO TOUCHY. You bother it, try to repot it, it collapses for a long while.
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