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My Drosera cistiflora is looking reasonably happy. It is sending up a vertical stalk with larger leaves. It is fairly small, the basal rosette is about an inch in diameter.

I don't think it will flower this year. This is the Purple flowered variety that came from a large West Coast CP Nursery.

I also have a pot full of Pink flowered D. cistiflora seedlings from my latest water germination project. They're small yet, don't look like much of anything.

Good growing,
Mike

I wish... this will be a vining drosera in a few thousand/million years

Yours is much further along than mine. My plant FINALLY woke up from dormancy less than a week ago and doesn't even have a proper rosette going yet. It seems to have divided though which I didn't even know this species did.

Mine never germinated bahh

That's awesome!

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Bhart90 wrote:Mine never germinated bahh

How did you try to germinate them? As a winter-growing plant, both a short day length and lower than normal temperatures are important.

Sakaaaaa wrote:I wish... this will be a vining drosera in a few thousand/million years

There already are such things! D. indumenta, for example.

The stem is growing quickly on this D. cistiflora. It's only been a week or so since my last photo. Here is an updated shot.

Good growing,
Mike

Do you have any D. cistiflora available? I’d like to get one

Copper2 wrote:Do you have any D. cistiflora available? I’d like to get one

Mine never came out of dormancy this past Fall/Winter, it's a Winter growing plant.

RIP


California Carnivores sells it from time to time.
If you get one, proper Summer soil dryness seems to be the critical factor, at least I think so.
But then again, mine died so what do I know.

Shadowtski wrote:

Copper2 wrote:Do you have any D. cistiflora available? I’d like to get one

Mine never came out of dormancy this past Fall/Winter, it's a Winter growing plant.

RIP


California Carnivores sells it from time to time.
If you get one, proper Summer soil dryness seems to be the critical factor, at least I think so.
But then again, mine died so what do I know.

Mike, you are the Sundew Man. That means you know a lot!

Thanks!

Shadowtski wrote:Mine never came out of dormancy this past Fall/Winter, it's a Winter growing plant.

RIP


California Carnivores sells it from time to time.
If you get one, proper Summer soil dryness seems to be the critical factor, at least I think so.
But then again, mine died so what do I know.

I think most people kill these by drying them out too much. I've left mine in a water tray the entire summer and had them come back up just fine, though I think it confuses the plant a bit and am going to try drying them out at least somewhat in the future.

I got a D. cistiflora, so any care tips? Specifically, which soil mix, and does it need high humidity or is it like capensis? I want it to flower ASAP!

What a cool species. Drosera always wow me with their variety.