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For me, it’s about a week. I had nearly 100% germination on some flytraps by 8 days in in 2017. I believe some sprouted in 5-6 days, but that’s pretty unusual and I wasn’t keeping close track.

This year, I sowed some Pinguicula lusitanica on 8/12 and noticed the first germination on 8/19 — only 7 days! Of seeds I’ve kept close tabs on, that’s the fastest germination by a few days — I’ve had quite a few sundews come up in under 2 weeks, but rarely as fast as a week.

Here are the pings today, 8/21, 9 days post sowing. You can see I’ve already got quite a few seedlings! This may or may not be my fastest germinating CP, but I didn’t keep good records in the past, so I’ll call it my fastest now! Of recent sowings on 8/12, I’ve got germination on Drosera intermedia from Brazil and D. serpens today, making it only 9 days. I had D. burmannii and D. brevifolia come up in about 10 days earlier this year, too.

So, what’s the fastest germination you’ve had on CP seed?

I've had D. burmannii germinate in 6-7 days with capensis close behind at 8 days.

Recently had some D. capensis germinating in under a week.

D. Serpens seeds.

Freshly harvested and shipped within 10 days and started the night received.

First set of seeds sprouted in water germination at 5 days.

I heard they were fast, but.. wow. I had to look at the recorded date twice to make sure.

Maybe because how fresh they were?

Well, I just had some D. binata come up in only 5 days -- sown 8/22, germination 8/27. That certainly takes the cake!