Date: Sat, 19 Dec 98 12:44 EST From: Dave <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4025$foo@default> Subject: Re: Cephs
Dear Angie,
> P.S. The D. filiformis that came out of dormancy because I moved from
> VA to SC got its new, tender leaves frozen two days ago when the temps
> got down to 32. Wonder what will happen to it now? This is the more
> southern form of filiformis-the northern types are still in the winter
> rosette. Any opinions about leaving it outside for the winter? What is
> the lowest temp. it would tolerate? (Jay, this is the one I got from
> you).
I take it you are referring to D.filiformis var. tracyi? It has
green traps, unlike most Drosera which have red... Anyway, this
plant (I feel that it is more like a subspecies than a variety, as
it can not survive where D.filiformis var. filiformis grows like a
weed.) can not live through freezing solid weather even as a winter
bud. Now that it has woke up, it has no chance to live through
winter as the coldest weather has yet to come.
I would bring it inside and grow it there, in a dright window or
in a terramium. Also, I would take leaf cuttings from it as it's
not really going to be in the best conditions. By the time spring
comes, the babies from the cuttings could be moved outside and obtain
good size before next fall. Plants can die anytime, it's always a
good idea to make clones, especially of the smaller stuff like
Drosera. Not that D. f. tracyi is small Drosera, but as compared
to, say, Sarracenia or Nepenthes they are small.
Dave Evans
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