Re: Frozen tropical Drosera

From: Rich Ellis (ricell@juno.com)
Date: Thu Nov 18 1999 - 17:08:51 PST

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:08:51 -0700
From: Rich Ellis <ricell@juno.com>
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Subject: Re: Frozen tropical Drosera

"John Green" <HPJGREEN@ihc.com> writes:
> How well do tropical drosera bounce back from being lightly frozen? ...
> The Sarrs and VFTs
> weren't even fazed but my D. capensis plants don't look so good. Also
> frozen were D. aliciae (not too bad, though), D. binata, and some
> pygmies (they really don't look too good!). What are the chances that
> I'll be replacing them in the spring?

I have had good success with D. binata coming back from a hard freeze and
I have heard of others who have had D. capensis come back. Can't comment
on D. aliciae or the pygmies.

Rich

Boulder, Colorado http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8564/

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