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I purchased a D. enodes and D. pulchella a few months ago. They were doing great, out in the same area as my VFT's, getting full sun over twelve hours per day. Then we had a ridiculously hot spell, and now both plants (or, rather, pots of plants) shriveled up, pinched up, and are looking like little white fluff balls, with just a hint of green on a couple. My choices are to either move them inside, where they will have slightly more reasonable temperatures, or leave them outside, since cooler fall weather is (hopefully) just a few months away. Considering both are temperate and don't need dormancy, but both are obviously IN dormancy, I am a little unsure of which is the better option for them. I was hoping they would be okay outside, since it appears this is something they do in nature during the hot summer, and I don't want to baby them unnecessarily, but I also don't want to kill them.

One of the D. enodes, btw, appears to be starting to grow again, so I am leaning toward leaving that pot where it is.

Temps are in the mid- to high-90's (F) right now and expected to remain there for the foreseeable future.

P.S. for bonus points, can anyone identify the little mystery in the lower righthand corner of the first pic?

Many thanks!

Pygmy Drosera are native to Australia where there is a hot dry season and a cooler wet season. The defense mechanism they have evolved is to go dormant during the hot dry season. I grow all my pygmies inside under lights the entire year and try not to get the room temp over 80°. They will grow continuously in these conditions with little to no ill effect.

Bring them in, keep them wet and hopefully sometime around October/November you'll have gammae to make more plants if wanted.

Thank you. I decided the day after I posted to bring them back in, so they have been sitting in my garden window since then. Good to know not to expect any activity until a few months from now, as I have been hovering over them, worrying about whether they will survive.

I repotted the mystery plant, and it appears to be some sort of Drosera. Looking a bit like a spatulata, but still a little early to tell.