Zongyi_yang Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 To your experiance, whats the drosera thats best at catching insects? Zongyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 capensis is hard to beat, although fililormis is good too. my binatas in hanging baskets catch loads too. Drosophyllum has to be tops I reckon, but not really a Drosera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 Hi Zongyi_yang My vote also goes to Capensis :mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 My D. binita dichotoma gets far more than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I find that Drosera regia (the "King Sundew") is very efficient, especially for the larger flies (bluebottles, etc) - the beads of glue seem larger on this species than any other I've seen, and the leaves often appear to ties themselves in knots (not really, just the appearance!) around prey. On the other hand, my huge clump of D.binata var dichotoma 'Giant' (Giant Forked Sundew) is the only dew that has captured small birds on 2 occasions (hastily rescued I might add)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic brown Posted September 19, 2003 Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 I grow the larger D. binata forms; 'dichotma', 'multifida' and 'Marston Dragon' in hanging pots in my conservatory, and they easily catch more than any of my other sundews, their large size and position (high up) helps them catch a lot of flies. Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zongyi_yang Posted September 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2003 thanks people. now do you know which ones can catch the biggest and strongest insects (drangonflies, bettles, etc)? how about the ones that can catch extremly small prey like fruit flies? thanks. Zongyi (now ive go high hopes for my binata seeds ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearphant Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 For small preys the best catcher is D.burmannii, i think. Becuse it has very fast movements! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Keeffe Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Out of my small collection of drosera's, capensis for me :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike King Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Defunately binatas. Carnage this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Keeffe Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Not my binita but maybe next year. Hope so anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zongyi_yang Posted September 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 wow, my binata seeds just sprouted! i have noticed a few little specks of green. at first, i thought it was a stray piece of spagnum but on closer inspection, its seedlings im soooo happy. now if only my other seeds will germinate... ;) . Zongyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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