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I thought I'd indulge in a little vanity and upload photos of my plant collection!

Also, while I'm here. See the Drosera anglica and the G14? They've looked like that all summer and haven't put out a single trap between them. But they're clearly not dead - what's happening there?

Fire Mouth:


B52:


SL 15:


Akai Ryu:


Dracula:


Triffid Red Clone:


Jaws Smiley:


Great White Shark:


Giant Peach:


G14:


D. capensis 'White Form':


D. capensis 'Giant Form':


D. anglica:

Drosera anglica has a dormant bud. How high is your temp in the growing area and/or the temp vary lately ?

I estimate that it's around 22 Celsius in the growing area - the plant is under lights but they're about 12 inches above it. But the temperature has been constant all summer...

What type of soil mix do you use for D. anglica ?

A roughly 50:50 ratio of perlite to moss peat. Does it need to be even looser than that? The plant did well last year and I haven't changed its conditions, which is why I'm confused.

I believe that for a temperate drosera and for pygmies the soil mix must be more loose because it gets compacted after a couple of months. This happened for my d. omissa, wich now is in a 1 part coir and 2 parts 2-3 mm quartz sand mix and it is out of their dormancy. Of course instead of the coir you can use peat moss.
Today i will post another d. omissa wich has gone out of dormancy for about a couple of weeks and has a surprise.

Nice plants! I really like SL14! I also have a G14. It is showing a little more growth than yours, but is probably my slowest VFT.