Petiolaris Complex in Resting face ???

[pygmydrosera]

Hi All,

Please can somebody give me advice maybe PetiolarisSean ?? It looks like my plants are going in rest I think but I don't know what is good and what is wrong to do ?? I get the advice to remove all the water and give them the rest only watching that the ground not dry out. Is that the right method that the plants survive this resting period ?? Please help

I made two pictures of each plant and from most plants I have two plants.

Drosera aff. paradoxa (plant 1)




Drosera aff. paradoxa (plant 2)




Drosera dilatato-petiolaris (plant 1)




Drosera lanata NT form (plant 1)




Drosera lanata NT form (plant 2)




Drosera ordensis from seed (I think this one is not good)




Drosera paradoxa Drysdale (plant 1)




Drosera paradoxa Drysdale (plant 2)




Drosera paradoxa Mt. Bomfort (plant 1)




Drosera paradoxa Mt. Bomfort (plant 2)




Drosera petiolaris (plant 1)




Drosera petiolaris (plant 2)

[Brian Barnes]

Hi!

It looks to me like you may have a possible mite/insect problem with some, if not all of them. Have you inspected them with magnification for pests?

Brian

[amphirion]

i am by no means a "petiolaris" expert, but i have successfully brought my petiolaris plants out of dormancy, and have been growing them for almost 2 years now...and from what i can tell, it does look like your plants are entering dormancy if not in dormancy already. my advice would be, provide some means to keep the humidity high, keep the pots dry as you already have, and keep your temperatures as high as possible (~35F), water every 9-12 days using the tray method filling up to .5 to 1 cm of water, or as much as the pot can absorb within a few hours....growth will start to increase as the plant breaks out of dormancy---during this time you can increase the watering frequency until the plant grows normally; at this time you can water log them if you wish. cheers.

[pygmydrosera]

Dear Brian Barnes, Yes I have seen also some small insects so I sprayed with Pyrethrum from Bayer this kill all insects.

it contains "40g/l pyrethrinen en 160g/l piperonylbutoxide"

[pygmydrosera]

Dear Amphirion,

Thank you very much for this information I keep them totally dry now from last friday and I will try what you described.

[amphirion]

holy crap. i just realized i said 35F instead of 35C.... how are your plants doing now?