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Water Germination is my preferred method for sprouting Drosera regia.
I tossed a dozen or so D. regia seeds into a test tube of distilled water.
The seeds are from this past Autumn's crop, the same batch that was donated to the seed bank.
I put it in a spot with room temperature (72 Deg F.) and ambient room light. (darkish)
I observed first germination hints at 7 days.
At 10 days, quite a few have definite white radicles emerging.
I'll pot them up in a week or so.

Interesting, I've never tried the water method with regia, maybe I will have to try that next time I can get some seed. By the way, it's been about 2 months since I planted my regia seed and I have had one seed germinate, so not a total bust but not as good as most have reported. Oh well, one is way better than none. At any rate, no mater how many ultimately germinate, thanks for the seed Shadowtski, your generosity (and tip) is certainly appreciated!

I still have a lot of D. regia seeds.
If I can get some help from my seed-packing partner, I'll send in another dozen or two packs to the seed bank this spring.
With fresh seed, you should germination in less than two months.

You *definitely* want to wait until May 04, 2023 before sending them to the seed bank!