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I love those indica complex Drosera. How do you grow yours? I hear they are little like petiolaris sundews in their growth conditions.

Benurmanii wrote:I love those indica complex Drosera. How do you grow yours? I hear they are little like petiolaris sundews in their growth conditions.

Not particularly, heat and humidity don't matter nearly as much to them - you want to keep them warm (above 60F) of course, but they're far more tolerant of household temperatures than petiolaris complex 'dews. Watering requirements may differ depending on where your seed is sourced from, but generally you need at least half the media to be sand. The indica complex likes to be kept much less wet than other Drosera, and with some plants you should even let the media almost dry out before watering again. Feeding is absolutely necessary as soon as the plants are large enough - these plants are very quick-growing annuals and need lots of prey to match their high metabolism. Anyone who has a sunny window who can keep most subtropical Drosera healthy should be able to grow indica complex plants easily.

SerMuncherIV wrote:

Benurmanii wrote:Not particularly, heat and humidity don't matter nearly as much to them - you want to keep them warm (above 60F) of course, but they're far more tolerant of household temperatures than petiolaris complex 'dews. Watering requirements may differ depending on where your seed is sourced from, but generally you need at least half the media to be sand. The indica complex likes to be kept much less wet than other Drosera, and with some plants you should even let the media almost dry out before watering again. Feeding is absolutely necessary as soon as the plants are large enough - these plants are very quick-growing annuals and need lots of prey to match their high metabolism. Anyone who has a sunny window who can keep most subtropical Drosera healthy should be able to grow indica complex plants easily.

Thanks, that's good to know! Unfortunately, I don't really have the space to grow this complex, but they are definitely something I will look into in the future.

Drosera natalensis (mislabeled dielsiana)


Heliamphora nutans Kukenan Tepui


H. arenicola


Nepenthes talangensis x robcantleyi


N. veitchii H/L x burbidgeae


N. jacquelineae freshly opened


N. jacquelineae colored up

Drosera hartmeyerorum trichomes and inflorescence


An odd pair - Nepenthes jacquelineae BE - 3093 from Gng. Gadang and N. glabrata BE - 3257

beautiful plants andmoss

ps3isawesome wrote:beautiful plants andmoss

Agreed.

I envy the jacquelineae! Great growing! It'll start climbing in no time!

Nepenthes attenboroughii



N. burkei x hamata


N. singalana x aristolochioides


Some N. ventricosa


Drosera regia sowed Dec 18 2015


D. omissa, from seed


D. hartmeyerorum has decided to throw out a new flower stalk.


D. "dielsiana"


D. capensis "Red"


D, capensis 'Albino'


D. capensis "Giant" isn't going to be giant for quite some time, unfortunately...


D. venusta "var. coccicaulis"


Heliamphora minor


H. nutans


Sarracenia purpurea subsp. purpurea

That burkei x hamata though.

Love the teeth! Proof that you don't have to spend a lot to get teeth on a pitcher.

D. venusta var. coccicaulis


D. "dielsiana" trying for another flower stalk.


D. hartmeyerorum



S. purpurea subsp. purpurea


D. capensis 'Albino'


D. capensis "Red"


D. omissa, from seed with smoke treatment


N. attenboroughii starting to clear its pot.



N. fusca - very truncate leaves.


N. vogelii - decent leaf jump



N. "thorelii" - D (EP) x veitchii


N. "Splendiana" x "Song of Melancholy (Clone 1 - striped peristome)"


N. "Splendiana" x "Song of Melancholy (Clone 2 - solid peristome)


N. spathulata x platychila


N. ventricosa


D. regia seedling


N. burkei x hamata pitcher starting to look a little worse for wear.



N. glabrata


N. jacquelineae - older pitcher


Newer pitcher:


N. x pyriformis starting to pitcher.


H. nutans has developed multiple growth points.


N. talangensis x robcantleyi - the picture really doesn't do this plant justice, the peristome is much darker in person...


D. capillaris


D. aliciae


D. nidiformis


D. paleacea subsp. leioblastus


D. finlaysoniana


N. singalana x aristolochioides loaded with pitchers this time of year.


Lower pitcher...not sure how I feel about these yet.


N. muluensis x lowii

Beautiful, as always, Alvin. I love the Drosera aliciae! There's so many of them! Also, the N. attenboroughii. Can't wait to see some giant pitchers in the coming years! Sir David would be very proud.

Thanks Bruno! I'll be sure to have fun separating all those D. aliciae in the coming months, haha. My N. attenboroughii doesn't hold a candle to other older specimens in cultivation right now, but I'm sure excited to see what that little bit of peristome striping will manifest itself as in the future!

That attenboroughii is really getting to be robust looking! Seems to be doing quite well in your conditions

D. hartmeyerorum - smells like citrus! (Not sure if you can tell, but I really like this plant )











And this D. natalensis to wrap it up. Thanks Rich!

Hmm, if you ever give away D. hartmeyerorum seeds again I may have to sign myself up. It looks like a D. spiralis that decied to go insane!