Question
So I have a Drosera Regia and its leaves are always hanging.It is in a south window and gets about an hour of direct light and indirect sunlight for the rest of the day. It is very warm here and at night its about 70-75 degrees F. I keep in a tray with about one inch or so of distilled water. Its pot is about 4 in. tall and 5 in. across. It is in a soil mix of 50% peat moss 50% perlite. Its leaves to have a decent amount of dew but dry out the 4th or 5th day after having fully unraveled. So why do you think the leaves are so limp? Thank you very much!

Answer
Hi Rocky,

There are two issues.  First, lack of sufficient lighting is the number one reason why sundews have long lanky leaves and no dew. This species likes it very bright.  Only one hour of direct sunlight is not enough.  This species needs a minimum of 4 hours of direct sunlight with very bright indirect light during the rest of the day.  

The second issue is temperature.  This species is native to to the coastal mountains of South Africa where it is bright and cool.  Your conditions are a bit too warm for this plant.  It will tolerate very warm days, but the nights need to drop in the 60s or 50s.  If the days and nights are consistently warm, the plant will eventually die of exhaustion.  Otherwise, if the temperature is mild both day and night (70-75), the plant will grow just fine.  

So I'd recommend growing this plant under strong fluorescent lights in a cool basement if possible.  For more information about lighting, read our care sheets for tropical sundews:
http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets

Good growing!
Jacob Farin