AverageBeginner Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 So i had a wesser, aphrodite, and cyclosecta on my windowsill. Cyclosecta died for no reason, same water, light, and soil. A few weeks later, wesser is losing color. So i decided to have them get atleast 4 hours of direct sun, because of what California Carnivores said. Aphrodite is growing like normal. While wesser gained a slight tint of orange, doesn't create dew like aphrodite, and have smaller, cute leaves(not dormant), it's like a cute succulent. I thought because my pinguicula isn't dormant even in dry soil, drosera wouldn't too. I bought a spatulata, guess what? It went dormant, so i noticed this and laughed off, i watered it. The next day it went dry again(i didn't have a tray). So i got it a tray and made sure it's never dry again, please tell me if my sundew will be fine. I also have trouble with sphagnum, i can't plant them without a humidity dome, even when i plant them in a humidity dome with peat, or sphagnum, they wouldn't grow, they just make a young plant. The young plant doesn't grow for 4 months and dies for no reason. I then bought another variety, called "Aceh Sphagnum" or something. It's cute, it looks like if aquatic moss and sphagnum moss had kids. It's very easy and doesn't need a humidity dome, it always produces young plants, and the young plants actually grows. It does has a problem though, it has a hard time planting themselves in peat, so i used star moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropfrog Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Hmm. Your pinguiculas produce small cute succulent leafs which are not dewy. But they are not dormant? Sounds just like dormant pings to me. Sphagnum needs a lot of moisture. Aceh is quite warm all year round. That may be a hint about this moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBeginner Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) I searched up dormant pinguicula, and i don't think they look like mine. Mine always grew new leaves. They're just quite small and not dewy. If they're dormant, they would have stopped growing, right? Oh, and also, my U. Longifolia doesn't need a humidity dome and it's thriving. So maybe it's not about the humidity, but about the variety of sphagnum moss? Mine was an Indonesian sphagnum found in the Dairi regency. Edited January 9, 2022 by AverageBeginner Telling the full story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropfrog Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 That is a dormant mexican ping. Its not true dormancy, its an adaptation to less humid conditions. Yes different sphagnums have different needs of humidity, but all is fairly high. Aceh is in Indonesia as well. Northern part of sumatra to be precise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBeginner Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Thank you so much. I'm planning to get an emarginata, primuliflora, and a nepenthes. Not sure what nepenthes yet. I'm looking for emarginatas for their patterned flowers, and primuliflora for their beautiful white center and light blue hue! Although the only emarginatas available in my shopping app has been bred with wesser. I'm planning to breed said emarginata with a cyclo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBeginner Posted January 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Oh sorry for another reply if I'm annoying you. Does it go out of it's false dormancy naturally, and then i can add more water and lessen the sun. Or do i just pull it off of this false dormancy? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropfrog Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 I asume you are in northern hemisphere? Come spring it will start to grow carnivours leafs again. When it does, increase watering. Br Magnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBeginner Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 My country is crossed by the northern hemisphere, and the southern, a little bit of eastern too. We don't have spring, winter or something. We only have drought season and rainy season. Rainy season began like a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropfrog Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Strange. They would grow carnivours leafs in the rainy season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageBeginner Posted January 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Should i put the ping on a nep mix(LFS+perlite+peat) then? Or sphagnum? So it gets wetter? Also, i have a new nep, it's a flowering male, the blossoms began to wither, should i cut it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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