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So, Mufasa is my first ever Drosera Regia.
I got him only 3' tall and he is now about 6 inches tall!
I've been learning a ton about the regia after watching mr. Mufasa closely.
He is sitting about 8 inches away from a T5 6500k light in a humidity dome. The humidity is anywhere around 50%- 70% at about 77°-85°. He likes to be overhead watered with cool water and have cooler temperatures at night. I've read that they like to be watered closely to how darlingtonia's like to be watered so I went with that method. I will give them, (both my darlingtonia and d. Regia) an ice cube in the summer to melt into the roots. This method works exceptionally well for orchids as well. I take him out to the green house at least once a week to catch all kinds of flies and mosquitos, as these guys are about as gluttonous if not more than my sarracenias. I don't have liquid fertilizer so I continue to feed him this way.
There's only one thing I can't figure out about my D.Regia.
His leaves have been getting taller and more vivacious, but his means of doing so are confusing. He will fully digest his meals then kill the leaf that held them. I've had an issue in the past with my d. Capensis's big meals getting mold then dying, so i adjusted the airflow. I have a huge industrial fan keeping it real now.
The D. Regia quickly replaces his leaves that he kills but it's a constant cycle, replacing old with the new. Every new leaf is way bigger than the last.
This is my experience with the sought after and hugely understudied D. Regia.
Let me know your experiences with comments!
Thanks for reading!
-Nikki