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[FILLTHEHOLE]

Hi all

I have just got a drosera scorpioides but what care do you have to give them I have been told to treat them like all the other drosera is this true? If not can someone tell me the care it will need.

[GRB]

You can't treat any drosera "as with all the Drosera" because they differ wildly in what they require.

For Scorpioides, IIRC you need to keep them warm (between 20 and 26C or so) with decent humidity all year. In winter keep them on capillary matting so they are just damp, they need a small period of rest but they don't die back, again IIRC.



[Edit] Whoops! I got this species confused with Drosera paradoxa for some reason. [Idiot ]

D.scorpioides is a pygmy drosera. Try this link for some care advice:

Drosera Gemmae

Edited by GRB, 18 December 2009 - 14:50 PM.

[Loakesy]

I keep scorpioides with all of my other temperate Drosera - in my unheated GH all year round.

[jimscott]

I knew the site looked familiar. That's are very own Mark.ca.

[droseraman]

I have to say that D. scorpioides is one of the easier pygmies to grow as long as they don't get too hot. They also don't mind being occasionally fed. I think that tall pots don't hurt either.

[Tommyr]

I harvested and sowed my first Scorp. gemma on 12/19 and as of today they are BABY SCORPS!!!!! I am SO EXCITED!!! SO tiny but they have tiny leaves with goo! I am a proud papa!

Edited by Tommyr, 09 January 2010 - 02:18 AM.

[Carnivorous Beast]

It likes very warm temeratures and lots of direct sun.

[jimscott]

Tommyr, on 8th January 2010 - 22:18 PM, said:

I harvested and sowed my first Scorp. gemma on 12/19 and as of today they are BABY SCORPS!!!!! I am SO EXCITED!!! SO tiny but they have tiny leaves with goo! I am a proud papa!

Congrats, Tom. Just think, next year, you will be in the same situation as with the D. adelae!

[Petr D.]

I wouldn't worry about humidity. Keep them warm and give it lots of light which applies to all sundews ;-)

[Richard Bunn]

I have a question about this plant.  I bought my first one last year and also planted some of the gemmae around it.  They sprouted and are doing fine.  But out of the five taller adult plants that are close together in the centre of the pot, three have died.  Do they have a short lifespan or is it down to poor care?

[Tommyr]

Richard Bunn, on 08 June 2012 - 17:59 PM, said:

I have a question about this plant.  I bought my first one last year and also planted some of the gemmae around it.  They sprouted and are doing fine.  But out of the five taller adult plants that are close together in the centre of the pot, three have died.  Do they have a short lifespan or is it down to poor care?

Maybe you placed them too close together? I typically space them an inch or so apart. Enough light? Right kind of water?
As far as life span I am not sure. I usually start new ones each year and after gemmae removal if the old plant still looks good I keep it alive. If not I cut it down.

[Richard Bunn]

They were planted too close together. If cut down do they come back from the roots?

[Tommyr]

Richard Bunn, on 08 June 2012 - 19:10 PM, said:

They were planted too close together. If cut down do they come back from the roots?

I really don't know if they come back from the roots. I have never tried cutting one down.

[gardenofeden]

they are quite short lived for me, usually a couple of years. Keep sowing the gemmae and you will have a constant supply.

[Richard Bunn]

Thanks Stephen you've confirmed what I thought.  Yeah gemmae is easily harvested and grown.