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Hi newbie here,

My 1st Pygmy Drosera Lake Badgerup just came via mail yesterday. After a full day today, it still seems down. Dont see any dew on it. Try feeding them a flour beetle but the beetle ended up walking all around. Some said give them a spray of water but it didnt work too. Is it dead?

Can i do anything or just wait?

Also, it looks like there is more then 1 pygmy in the group. Do i need to split them up?

Thanks

It came potted in a very small pot (1.5 inch deep pot) with a built in wick and secondary water pot that goes together. So I was planning on splitting them and giving it a bigger pot, maybe a 7cm x 7cm x 7 cm pot each. I heard its hard to separate them because they only have 1 root and will die easily. Since they don't have any dew yet, I reckon its a good time to do it but worry they are too stressed to handle it.

And after they've acclimated, when you do a re-pot, try not to disturb the roots. Best thing would be to take the old pot, slide the plants and soil out as one piece and use it as a plug in the new pot.