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I've got basically three types of filiformis plants.

2 - Tracyi (two different sources, both, well over 1 year old)
5 - Florida Red / White Flower (1 older plant, 4 one-year-old seedlings)
7+ - Florida Giant x Tracyi (1 mother plant, 6+ 1 year old leaf cuttings)

Of these the Florida Reds are the only plants that have flowered. All of the plants are growing in similar, basically identical conditions. The leaf cuttings I figure might not have flowered due to age (though they are a fair size now). But, the older plants should be plenty old enough to bloom. These are all outside in our wonderful south Alabama summer heat and sun.

This has got me scratching my head (at least I hope it ain't bugs ...the scratching that is ). Anybody got a clue as to what's going on with the non-flowering plants?
Thanks!

My experience with Florida Red threadleaf sundews was that they don't know when to quit flowering. The plants bloomed from late spring until late fall.

My New Jersey filiformis, North Carolina filiformis, tracyi, Creamsicle, and Dreamsicle plants bloomed in late spring and early summer, then stopped.

My Creamsicle x self plants are still popping flowers, likely due to their Florida Red ancestor.

You might gave hit it on the head with the age or heat or a combination of the two. My filiformis FR, WF (well established) starts throwing up flower stalks late spring and doesn't stop. My two tracyi (one young, one mature, both acquired this year) have done nothing. My Dreamsicle (also acquired this year) is putting up its first flower stalk as we speak.

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll keep watching and see if anything shows up! Just happy to hear nothing goofy is going on. And those Florida reds definitely throw up some flowers!!

Intheswamp wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:01 am And those Florida reds definitely throw up some flowers!!

And throw off some seeds. They don't need stratification (at least, mine didn't). I used a rectangular windowsill planter as a pot, with some holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. By the end of September, the entire surface of the planter was carpeted in little red sundews.