Why Are They Still Flowering?

[jimscott]

I had my pygmy sundews outside from late spring through the summer and partially into fall, when the temps were getting to 30 F. So I brought them in. yeah, they are producing some gemmae. But why are some still flowering? I'm, looking at a D. pygmaea, allantostigma, and some nitidula that got into the pulchella pots that are still flowering. Isn't it a little late?

 

[Not a Number]

A couple of mine are still flowering and a few of the other plants in the same pot are producing gemmae. None went dormant so conditions are probably not close enough to their native habitat.

The only other explanation I can come up with is in my signature

 

[jimscott]

LOL! But isn't their dormancy the hot and dry summer phenomenon?

 

[alec]

does photoperiod have to be decreased for them to produce gemmae, or will just decreasing intensity do it (I'm growing in a shelving unit)

 

[Not a Number]

I think the consensus is that both photoperiod and temperatures need to be dropped to stimulate gemmae growth.