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New setup!

Recently purchased 4 different cape sundews online (so they haven't fully recovered yet) and dug out and potted the hitchhiking Alba from my first cape sundews' pot so it would have room to grow. This bowl isn't quite as big as I wanted, so the plants are a bit crowded, but it is at least deep enough for lots of distilled water. I am not sure yet if the light will be bright enough to encourage color changes, but I am hopeful.

The plants are:
D. capensis "Orange Sherbet" x 2
D. capensis "Albino"
D. capensis "Beet"
D. capensis "Big Pink"
D. capensis “Ceres, South Africa”

And hitchhikers growing in one pot are some Burmannii (currently unknown variety) and Utricularia (currently unknown variety).

Off to the side are my grocery store unknown variety Venus Fly Trap plant, and a mini orchid is in the backyard. I was hoping that a little less light by being to the side would help the VFT with its winter dormancy.

Gorgeous capes! What kind of orchid?

Hedonista wrote:Gorgeous capes! What kind of orchid?

@Hedonista,

Thanks! This orchid is Phal. Vio vio cat face (peloric 3 lips), it's the only orchid I have that's actually doing alright. My few others are struggling, but last year they had a bad case of fungas gnats and never recovered well (wish I knew about sundews last year! The fungas gnats wouldn't have lasted so long)

Share some photos when it blooms!

Hedonista wrote:Share some photos when it blooms!

@Hedonista,

I will if it ever does..... it started growing a flower stalk last year, then apparently gave up? It's only grown around an inch or so and it's been like that since last year. It's still green so I haven't clipped it or anything. The past couple months it's been growing a lot of new roots though, which while not as nice looking as flowers would be is still a great thing to see since my other orchids aren't as healthy