Last week I noticed my drosera had started to throw out a flower stalk, but I looked at it this morning and the bud has turned black.
Why has this happened?
My Drosera is on a south facing window sill and has had a mixture of rain water and tap water over the last week.
Also I live in London so my tap water is pretty much the worst for CPs, can I use bottled water, or distilled/denatured water?
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Dead flower on D. alicaea
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, Jun 27 2012 21:04 PM
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 21:04 PM
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Posted 27 June 2012 - 23:36 PM
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A few questions first.
What variety Drosera?
Is the plant itself OK?
If you can't access rainwater the distilled or reverse osmosis water is your only option.
What variety Drosera?
Is the plant itself OK?
If you can't access rainwater the distilled or reverse osmosis water is your only option.
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 16:14 PM
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I'm guessing that it reacted to a change in its environment. Sometimes it's the water or watering. It could be a change in temperature or humidity or lighting.
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 18:54 PM
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jimscott, on 28 June 2012 - 16:14 PM, said:
I'm guessing that it reacted to a change in its environment. Sometimes it's the water or watering. It could be a change in temperature or humidity or lighting.
Its a D. alicaeae the rest of the plant seems fine, lots of leaves unfurling. plenty of dew on the leaves.
Could it just be a change in weather? its got a lot more warm and humid the last couple of days.
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 12:45 PM
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That could be it. Another thing about this particular species is that it is notorious for its emergent leaves to blacken. It does this in reaction to a concentration of mineral salts and the way to correct that is to top-water the soil media with purified water. Do you have access to distilled or RO or deionized water?
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Posted 01 July 2012 - 21:50 PM
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jimscott, on 29 June 2012 - 12:45 PM, said:
That could be it. Another thing about this particular species is that it is notorious for its emergent leaves to blacken. It does this in reaction to a concentration of mineral salts and the way to correct that is to top-water the soil media with purified water. Do you have access to distilled or RO or deionized water?
my housemate can get distilled water from the lab he works at, so hopefully I can solve the problem.
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Posted 02 July 2012 - 12:51 PM
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Perfect! I've done the same, being a laboratory rat!
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 21:12 PM
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I have the same thing happening on my filiformis at the moment. The flower has turned black but my capensis alba next to it is fine.
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