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Milwaukee is not that hot but it does get to 90 and above pretty frequently.

Here are a few observations from my D. capensis plants

My Typical D capensis plants outside often seem to shut down and go into a type of semi-dormancy. With warmer temps, first the new leaves get smaller, more compact. With even warmer temps, the growth point disappears and scales or stipules are all you can see in the middle.

The first reaction is to panic, "Oh no! I killed it!"

Ignore your first reaction. Just let it be. It will come back when the weather cools.

My favorite Capensis clones like Bain's Kloof, Big Pink, Meadowview Wide Leaf, Hercules, and others, stay inside under lights all the time. Right now, most of them including my Bain's Kloof is showing smaller leaves too so it might be photoperiod or seasonal related also. It is getting up into the 80s so that might be the starting point for leaf shrink.

Drosera 'Hercules' is a capensis by aliciae hybrid, I believe, and it shows this same effect to a larger degree.

But in the words from that famous book put out by MegaDodo Publications, Don't Panic.

Good growing,
Mike

Shadowtski wrote:Milwaukee is not that hot but it does get to 90 and above pretty frequently.

Here are a few observations from my D. capensis plants

My Typical D capensis plants outside often seem to shut down and go into a type of semi-dormancy. With warmer temps, first the new leaves get smaller, more compact. With even warmer temps, the growth point disappears and scales or stipules are all you can see in the middle.

The first reaction is to panic, "Oh no! I killed it!"

Ignore your first reaction. Just let it be. It will come back when the weather cools.

My favorite Capensis clones like Bain's Kloof, Big Pink, Meadowview Wide Leaf, Hercules, and others, stay inside under lights all the time. Right now, most of them including my Bain's Kloof is showing smaller leaves too so it might be photoperiod or seasonal related also. It is getting up into the 80s so that might be the starting point for leaf shrink.

Drosera 'Hercules' is a capensis by aliciae hybrid, I believe, and it shows this same effect to a larger degree.

But in the words from that famous book put out by MegaDodo Publications, Don't Panic.

Good growing,
Mike

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I am happy to hear the d. Capensis react to the heat. I will find a shadier spot for them. After 2 weeks of temps around 95F, they look rough. I was wondering if I had bugs. Thanks Secretariat and Mike

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FlyTrap Hunter wrote: I am happy to hear the d. Capensis react to the heat. I will find a shadier spot for them. After 2 weeks of temps around 95F, they look rough. I was wondering if I had bugs. Thanks Secretariat and Mike

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I understand how you feel. That was my initial reaction as well.

I have 3 typical capensis and tried a shadier morning sun eastern window for Plant #1. Didn't work. The plant started looking even worse. It wanted more sun. Plant #2 occupies a southern window with strong morning sun. Does ok here but has that sickly look. Plant #3 sits in a western window that gets afternoon sun. I think #3 looks marginally better than #2. So they still seem to want the sun but are not liking the heat that comes with it this time of year. All of them are ghosts of their cool season selves.

So more light but less heat? Will they be ok if I leave them like they are now?

If they were growing fine until summer arrived, I would do what Mike suggests. Don't panic. Continue to do what you've been doing because it sounds like the plant was doing just fine until things got hot. Let's see what happens when the weather cools down.

I have 100 in a pot so for me, I water and it disapears and they dont even have drainage and are watered 350 ppm no problems