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I purchased a drosera online and I’ve had it for around a week now. When it arrived it was completely out of the pot and it had a lot of dead leaves. So I reported it into long strand sphagnum moss. The crown is now completely black and most of the leaves have fallen off or had a dying stem. There are only around two leaves remaining with little to no dew on them. Any help as to how I can save it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

If the crown is black the sundew is over with. Best you can do is cut the green leaves off and try water propagation. Many sundews successfully propagate with this method. You pretty much just float some leaves in distilled water in a ziplock or test tube a few inches away from a light and after a few weeks small sundews appear on the edge of the leaf. There are some tutorials on this forum about that method and probably videos of it on youtube. It may also possibly regrow from the roots, so don't toss it out just yet. I had an albino venusta completely die and i kept it a bit drier for a few weeks and a new plant is popping up from a slightly exposed root. (Also you may want to contact the seller about a refund/replacement since they packaged it poorly).

Thanks for the help I will try to propagate it and get some more.