Re: Lurkum Terminatum

Rob (brislerr@ozemail.com.au)
Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:50:18 +1000

>Mike Fleck wrote
>
>A question, I have been growing Cape sundews for about 6 years now. They
>are grown indoors under lights. They only bloomed the first year I got
>them (well a couple of other times, sporadically) I vary the day/nite
>light cycle to emulate temperate conditions( 16 hr days in summer down
>to 10 hrs in winter) I know that this species
>flowers and sets seeds easily(weedy) but not for me. They grow well
>otherwise though.
>Does anyone out there have any insights for me?

Try growing them with your Sarras and VFTs from mid spring until the autumn
cold stops them growing. If your Sarras and VFTs do alright then D.
capensis should also. I assume that your Canadian winter would be far to
cold to leave D. capensis outside. If you have a reasonable number of
plants, experiment with half. I have always found D. capensis to be
frustratingly hardy. You should see the size of the plants that get weeded
out of my Sarras from time to time .... it's often difficult to get all the
roots so they keep coming up. This is not acceptable for show or display
plants.

>I'd like to thank Glenn Rankin for the Drosophyllum seeds. It's guys
>like him that get the plants out there.

I wholeheartedly agree. Thanks again Glenn.

Rob Brisler
Australia