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I caught my Drosera burmannii "Humpty Doo" with its flower almost wide open. Normally these open and close when your back is turned. I grabbed a quick picture. This is a hard one to photograph because it's so shiny that the reflection blows out the exposure. Ehh, a bad picture is better than no picture at all.

Good growing,
Mike

Real lovely plant, Mike (a bit jealous ), is the flower sticky with digestive enzymes too?


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If it is sticky, it's not strong enough to be noticeable. I touched it with a needle and the needle did not appear to adhere to the flower.

It sure looks nice though.

Good growing,
Mike

A bad picture he says Haha it looks better than most of my "Good" pictures!

Very nice Burmannii you have there, I didn't know the flower buds grew the tentacles on them too!

Tiny flowers and plants like this turn you into a little kid again, holding them up to your eyes so you can see and marvel at every little detail. These make me feel about 12 years again.

Good growing,
Mike

Nice! gorges little plant.

Nice sundew that flower looks like an alien from another planet.


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Shadowtski wrote:If it is sticky, it's not strong enough to be noticeable. I touched it with a needle and the needle did not appear to adhere to the flower.

It sure looks nice though.

Good growing,
Mike

That's amazing! Definitely looks sticky in the picture. Nice job, Mike!


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Any way love the sundew, also how long you grew it?


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I assume you grew those under an LED to get that beautiful color. Great looking plants Mike.

Salute flytraps234 wrote:Any way love the sundew, also how long you grew it?

I planted the seeds in June of 2016 in a water filled test tube. They germinated 10 days later.

I kept them outside until nighttime temps dropped below 50. I brought them in for Winter and keep them 16 inches below my Mars Hydro 300 LED lights now. When temps warm up, they'll go outside again.

I feed them ground up Bloodworms and ground up dry dog-food.

The color is quite striking, even with regular feeding.

Good growing,
Mike

Here's a second photo of the flower. I took this a little later.

Looks awesome .


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