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Drosera scorpioides are one of the largest of the Pygmy Sundews. They're easy to grow from gemmae. Gemmae are reproductive structures that look like tiny green potato chips. They're produced at the growing point of the plant during the beginning of Winter. The plant produces nice looking flowers in Spring. Here's a community pot of scorps. Picture taken today.

Scorpioides is such a pleasure to grow. It never wants to produce flowers for me, and only will if exposed to low light and low water, for some reason. Great growing!

My scorps are 4-6 inches away from growlight so I don't think low light is the trigger, as least not in my case. It seems seasonal, right around this time of year. Photoperiod is controlled by sunrise/sunset timer so they do get a regular progression of seasons.
These two shots were from 4/14/2019, the same time of year. But these were taken with a real camera. Today's picture was a quick snap with my cellphone camera.

Shadowtski wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 7:00 pm My scorps are 4-6 inches away from growlight so I don't think low light is the trigger, as least not in my case. It seems seasonal, right around this time of year. Photoperiod is controlled by sunrise/sunset timer so they do get a regular progression of seasons.
These two shots were from 4/14/2019, the same time of year. But these were taken with a real camera. Today's picture was a quick snap with my cellphone camera.

D scorpioides Flower 002.jpg

D scorpioides Flower 001.jpg

Ah I see, thanks for the info. All of my other pygmies bloom every spring/summer but scorp is always the reluctant one for me... . Nice shots too!