Sundew Ids
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You can definitely grow Venus FlyTraps outdoors year round. You'd want to mulch for winter protection, but you're a zone warmer than I am.
I should have seen this thread sooner. Yup you are correct, D. spatulata and D. capensis.
We have a whole thread dedicated to carnivorous plants.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?239523-CP-terrarium-thread-continued
We have a whole thread dedicated to carnivorous plants.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?239523-CP-terrarium-thread-continued
Very nice specimens Sub! Can't say I'm all that surprised they survived the winter, despite being subtropicals...both are pretty death-proof IME.
That being said you'd get some really good year round growth bringing them in for the winter. Probably wouldn't need more than a warm windowsill with some decent sunlight. JMO.
That being said you'd get some really good year round growth bringing them in for the winter. Probably wouldn't need more than a warm windowsill with some decent sunlight. JMO.
I intend to, but I made the purchases without doing all of the research. I'm going to put a small LED light in my kitchen to keep the non hardy ones through the winter.
Very cool stuff! I never gave it much thought into growing them all year outside but I might have to look into that.
Finally got some native Sundews! I was collecting fish down in the Pine Barrens of NJ a few weeks ago and found D. filiformis and D. intermedia. No luck on D. rotundifolia, but I'm sure it's there when I can spare the time again! Here's a pic of the filiformis now that it's starting to regrow after transplanting. The intermedia actually has a single little leaf starting as well but I can't get a clear pic. Next week maybe!
Very cool! Do you have coordinates or general location where you found them? I've been meaning to go out to the pine barrens and do some CP hunting. I live in Burlington County so they are pretty close to me. Just be careful of what you take. Many of the CP community frowns on "poaching".
