- Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:03 am
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Nothing I would completely avoid, just be aware of requirements.
South American Drosera (e.g. D. kaieteurensis, D. tomentosa, D. spiralis -often sold as "graminifolia", D. solaris, D. latifolia -often sold as "ascendens", and lots of others) need temperature drops at night. The easier ones generally want temps to drop down to around 60F for long term health. The more difficult ones might want bigger drops, and all need very bright light.
Tuberous Drosera (e.g. D. peltata, D. lowriei, D. erythrorhiza, D. ramellosa, D. gigantea, D. purpurascens, D. prostratoscaposa, and tons of others) have a dry dormancy in the summer months. During the growing season they want cool conditions all the time (general guide is 70F maximum) and lots of food.
Petiolaris complex Drosera (e.g. D. broomensis, D. paradoxa, D. falconeri, D. darwiniensis, D. lanata, D. ordensis and others) generally want night temps well over 70F, and steaming hot day temps (think at least 80 or 85, higher is better) during the growing season. Too cold kicks them into dormancy, which is really difficult to deal with.
There's also some species (e.g. D. indica, D. burmannii) that are annuals.
The temperate species (e.g. D. filiformis, etc.) are fairly self-explanatory. However, I've heard D. linearis is pretty difficult. The South African Winter growing species (D. trinervia, D. cistiflora, etc.) also need dormancy, but more of a dry/cool dormancy than a cold dormancy. Some pygmy Drosera may also go into a sort of dry dormancy.
The last group is just generic subtropical Drosera (D. capensis, D. affinis, etc.) which should do fine in general CP conditions.
As with all plants, you could probably keep any of these as long as you consistently meet their requirements. If you just list the species you're going to get, we could provide more specific advice.
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