Drosera regia

From: NPLUMMER@hg-basic1mail.hg.med.umich.edu
Date: Fri Apr 11 1997 - 13:33:25 PDT


Date:          Fri, 11 Apr 1997 15:33:25 -0500
From: NPLUMMER@hg-basic1mail.hg.med.umich.edu
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1381$foo@default>
Subject:       Drosera regia

Howdy all,

Last summer, I obtained some Drosera regia seeds as part of an order from
Silverhill seeds in South Africa. The Drosera seeds looked a little the worse
for wear, so not really expecting them to germinate, I simply sprinkled them on
a pot of live sphagnum in a little 10 gallon terrarium.

Well, one of them did germinate, so now I have a tiny baby D. regia It occurs
to me that I know very little about the species. The terrarium is Drosera
adelae heaven: even warmth and low lighting. Will this be o.k. for D. Regia? I
suspect D. regia will want brighter light and cooler temps. How about potting
media? Should I transplant it to peat/sand when it gets a bit bigger? The live
sphagnum is pretty soggy.

Thanks in advance.

Nick

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Nicholas Plummer
nplummer@umich.edu
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nplummer/



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