Drosera 'scott river' problem

Drosera 'scott river' problem#345084

By Fiolop -  Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:48 pm
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- Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:48 pm #345084

My brother's drosera scott river that i have bought for him a few weeks ago has gone to a decline since it arrived
I couldn't find anything about it on the internet
My brother has around 23c both day and night with very little changes during the winter,humidity is fairly low,it does recieve 4-7 hrs of light

Does anyone know what we're doing wrong and how yo fix it?

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Re: Drosera 'scott river' problem#345086

By DeadlyCarnivore -  Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:00 pm
Location:  Reno, Nevada
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- Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:00 pm #345086

If that is a pygmy drosera, the roots could have been damaged. Pygmy drosera have very fragile roots and when they are damaged they usually die.

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Re: Drosera 'scott river' problem#345098

By jpappy789 -  Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:22 am
Location:  Miami, FL, USA
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- Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:22 am #345098

Probably D. pulchella from Scott River area of Western Australia, a pygmy Drosera species as mentioned.

I'd say the immediate concern is that it's severely light starved. Most all sundews need a much longer photoperiod than that when actively growing. Even in the Australian winter (when pygmy dews are, in fact, growing in their habitat) day length is still ~9-10 hours.

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Re: Drosera 'scott river' problem#345483

By Fiolop -  Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:37 pm
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- Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:37 pm #345483

Update
Drosera made a full recovery after a few weeks under my light lamp and is currently doing very well

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