Hi all,
I've always wanted very very much to own a D. Erythrorhiza, and now that California Carnivores is having their dormant tuber sale, this is my chance. However, I'm not sure I'll be able to take care of it for one reason: temperature.
My CPs are all grown in one room. This room has no heat, and since I live in California it stays about room about temperature nearly year round. All of the plants are in terrariums (10-gallon tanks with plenty of light and a normal seasonal photoperiod) around the room, and all of those are a little bit above room temperature inside. Pretty much a standard tropical Drosera enviroment, and I've got lots of experience growing tropical CPs.
If I were to order a tuber, once it breaks dormancy it would have to grow with my other plants in this slightly-above-room-temperature enviroment.
My question is; is this possible, or will it die? Is there a solution? If there isn't a solution, might it work with Macrophylla or another rosetted species?
Thanks,
-Johnny