Fresh Seeds -Drosera Binata “Red", Forked Leaf Sundew, Carnivorous Plant Seeds.

Description: Drosera, Binata, “Red”, forked leaf sundew. Price and shipping: 20+ Fresh seeds for $7.00 40+ Fresh seeds for $10.50 -Seeds collected June 2024, from my collection of plants. -Seeds sprout in two weeks to six weeks. -Seeds ship in a padded envelope, with USPS Growing Advantage and a tracking number. Typically takes 3 to 7 business days to arrive.-I do combine shipping, and will refund shipping overages. Feel free to ask any questions. General plant information: -Drosera Binata and its varieties are native to Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. -Binata Red is the smallest of the Binata varieties, also known as the small "T" form. -Plants' leaves will turn a deep red-maroon color in full sun, with 6+ hours of direct sunlight for the leaves best color. -Leaves can have 2 to 4 terminal leaf points. -Mature plants grow to around 8 inches tall, 7 inch leaf spand. -Small white flowers on 12+ inch stalks, that self pollinate and readily seed. -Plants may or may not go dormant in the fall and winter depending on your growing conditions. General plant care: Light -Grow in full to part sun, with 6 plus hours of direct sunlight or best color, -Under grow lights for 8 - 14hrs, or 10 - 16 hours. Water: -It's always recommended to water with rain, distilled, or reverse osmosis, soft water with 50ppm or less is OK to use. -Keep soil wet at all times. -It is easiest to sit pot in a dish or tray with water about 1/4 to 2 inches high, or water daily. -Plant does not mind waterlogged conditions from time to time. Dormancy, Temperatures: -Outdoor growing plants usually go dormant in the fall and through the winter. Seedlings can skip dormancy as long as frost doesn't get them. Protect seedling from froat. -Plants form a hibernacula (winter resting bud) over the winter and regrows from its roots and dormant crowns when the weather warms up again.-Protect roots in areas with deep and repeated winter freezes, by bringing plants into an unheated garage or room.-Under grow lights plant may briefly go dormant. Soil: -Grow or sow seeds on a 50:50 peat:perlite mix, or a peat:sand mix. Seed sowing: ***Do not bury seeds** -Sow seeds right on top of your preferred wet carnivorous soil mix, use at least 1” inch or higher of soil. -Then place pot or container in a warm, bright location, out of direct sun. Early morning or late afternoon direct sunlight is ok, or place under grow lights for 8 - 12 hours. -Make sure soil stays wet at all times. -Sundew seeds germinate quickest in warm and humid conditions, with temperatures around 60 to 80° degrees Fahrenheit. -Some people like to cover pots or containers with plastic food wrap or placed in a bag, to help keep the humidity high and to minimizes fruit fly larvae from eating seedlings roots. -Seedlings' first couple of carnivorous leaves are round to oval (see ads last picture), third to fourth leaves start to show its forking. Links for more information: http://www.growsundews.com/sundews/Drosera_binata_varieties.html https://carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Dbinata

Price: 7 USD

Location: Menlo Park, California

End Time: 2024-08-11T04:59:27.000Z

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