Carlton CarnivoresDrosera paleacea “true species” from @insectsinside_nursery
Going through and doing a full repot of all the remaining pygmy sundews due to what turned out to be an obnoxiously tannin-heavy peat bale in the last round. Yes, repotting; they haven’t produced gemmae due to that soil so I have to risk bare-rooting pygmies. Will I lose some? Probably, but some of these including my current remaining paleacea have done it before so they can do it again. The trick is trying to retain as much of the little hair-like roots intact as possible and gently dropping them down into a hole in the new soil, and watering in well. With any luck, they sulk for about 2 weeks, then throw out a new root and bounce back. Then hopefully they produce either a late gemmae crop or make it through summer to do so next year. And maybe also bounce back soon enough to give some spring flowers.
This particular species is one of a handful I’m particularly glad is still around, as it’s quite rare in cultivation. They’re large for a pygmy, over an inch across, with semi-upright leaves kind of similar to scorpioides.
#drosera #sundew #carnivorousplants #plants #botany
Going through and doing a full repot of all the remaining pygmy sundews due to what turned out to be an obnoxiously tannin-heavy peat bale in the last round. Yes, repotting; they haven’t produced gemmae due to that soil so I have to risk bare-rooting pygmies. Will I lose some? Probably, but some of these including my current remaining paleacea have done it before so they can do it again. The trick is trying to retain as much of the little hair-like roots intact as possible and gently dropping them down into a hole in the new soil, and watering in well. With any luck, they sulk for about 2 weeks, then throw out a new root and bounce back. Then hopefully they produce either a late gemmae crop or make it through summer to do so next year. And maybe also bounce back soon enough to give some spring flowers.
This particular species is one of a handful I’m particularly glad is still around, as it’s quite rare in cultivation. They’re large for a pygmy, over an inch across, with semi-upright leaves kind of similar to scorpioides.
#drosera #sundew #carnivorousplants #plants #botany
