Re: Drosera intermedia flowers

From: Dave Evans (dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 08 2000 - 15:09:17 PDT


Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:09:17 -0400
From: "Dave Evans" <dpevans@rci.rutgers.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2400$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Drosera intermedia flowers

Dear Kit,

> How long do the seeds need to dry before I sow them?

    You don't need to wait to sow, but I think you will most probably get
much better and healthier plants if you stratify the seed over winter and
let the seed grow at it's natural time cycle in the following spring.

> I assume from your email address that you're in New Jersey; do you
> happen to grow your plants outside year-round?

    Yes. Yes.

> I'm pretty sure my D.
> intermedia & Sarracenia will be fine,

    Depends on the type of container they are in. All the plants that I
keep outside through winter are in artifical bogs, dug into the ground so
the plants are growing at ground level. In pots, it's hit or miss for most
any plant over winter...

> but I'm wondering if D.
> filiformis tracyii can take the Winter up here.

    No, D. filiformis tracyi cannot survive our winters. I don't think it
can handle much more than heavy frost.

Dave Evans



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