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My Drosera scorpioides from Gidgegannup, WA is blooming and the flowers actually opened all the way. They held that pose long enough for me to get a couple photos.

Those are such a pretty shade. How long do drosera flowers stay open?

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I noticed them open a few hours ago when I gave everyone their daily water check.
They're still open now.
I'll check them occasionally to see when they'll close.
I don't bother with seeds from Pygmy Drosera because Gemmae are so much easier.

Shadowtski wrote:I noticed them open a few hours ago when I gave everyone their daily water check.
They're still open now.
I'll check them occasionally to see when they'll close.
I don't bother with seeds from Pygmy Drosera because Gemmae are so much easier.

so you just let them go? Is this how they spread to every pot in the greenhouse?

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so you just let them go? Is this how they spread to every pot in the greenhouse?

Gemmae are usually produced in December.
I harvest some for giveaway purposes and let the rest fall where they may.
I let the flowerstalk dry up and do whatever it wants.
I gave a dried flowerstalk full of seed pods to someone one year.
I never heard if any viable seed were produced and sprouted.

Pygmy Drosera are not self-fertile so no danger of them pulling a capensis on you! But if things line up right you can do hybrids.


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Beautiful flowers! This species seems to be one of the harder ones to flower, at least for me.

Wow, these are so pretty!

Beautiful! Mike

Shadowtski wrote:Gemmae are usually produced in December.
I harvest some for giveaway purposes and let the rest fall where they may.
I let the flowerstalk dry up and do whatever it wants.
I gave a dried flowerstalk full of seed pods to someone one year.
I never heard if any viable seed were produced and sprouted.

Here's one of those gemmae from your last giveaway - he's already caught three gnats! The one on the top is still struggling.

oval wrote:

Shadowtski wrote:Gemmae are usually produced in December.
I harvest some for giveaway purposes and let the rest fall where they may.
I let the flowerstalk dry up and do whatever it wants.
I gave a dried flowerstalk full of seed pods to someone one year.
I never heard if any viable seed were produced and sprouted.

Here's one of those gemmae from your last giveaway - he's already caught three gnats! The one on the top is still struggling.

Looking good although I think he needs more light.
He's a little etiolated.
Increase the light level and your plant should start growing more compact.
He's doing a great job as a predator!

Shadowtski wrote:

oval wrote:

Shadowtski wrote:Gemmae are usually produced in December.
I harvest some for giveaway purposes and let the rest fall where they may.
I let the flowerstalk dry up and do whatever it wants.
I gave a dried flowerstalk full of seed pods to someone one year.
I never heard if any viable seed were produced and sprouted.

Here's one of those gemmae from your last giveaway - he's already caught three gnats! The one on the top is still struggling.

Looking good although I think he needs more light.
He's a little etiolated.
Increase the light level and your plant should start growing more compact.
He's doing a great job as a predator!

Okay, Thanks for the advice! I had just moved another one to a sunnier location to experiment, but didn't want to risk all at once. I'll try various brighter locations and see which works best.

My California Carnivores Drosera scorpioides have whiter flowers.