Question
about 3 or 4 months ago, i split my brothers lance leaf sundew into many plants, i took a clump of 3 plants and repotted it into a 12 inch/narrow pot along with another lance leaf i rescued from Lowes...  The one from Lowes is looking great and has 3 additional sprout forming little dewy lanceleaf offspring.  but the clump of 3 i was expecting to dominate the pot is not impressing me.  out of the 3, only 1 sprouts leaves that are dewy. the other 2 plants sprout a few leaves, but the leaves are smooth and dont have any dew or tenticles on them.  obviously they share the same growing conditions, the only difference is that when i potted the one from lowes i sprinkled in some vermeculite into the rooting, and the other clump i only used the standard spag moss/perlite 1 to 1 mix.  Your thoughts on that?  
Also, my nep sanguinia is being a drama queen and refusing to pitcher, i have it in a south window beside my nep maxima (who after i snipped the top vine has been growing like a plant possessed!!) I mist them every night, and orchid fertilize once every 2 or 3 weeks.  I'm thinking about pulling it from the southern window, and putting a 40 watt fluorescent bulb on it.  Unless u have a different suggestion...       
AND, last week after i treated my spoonleaf sundew pot for a little fungus growing on their soil, they haven't been very dewy at all.  Any suggestions on how to bring the dew back? They are getting enough sun, because the spoonleaves in the two 4 inch pots i have sitting beside them in a west window are VERY dewy.

Answer
Hi Darren,

Vermiculite can be a little alkaline, but I doubt that is what is going on.  It's very common for D. adelae to do this after transplanting.  If you don't see improvement in another week or so, just completely cut the problem plants back to soil level.  What will happen is transpiration will be eliminated and the plant will send up numerous new shoots.  It will look much better than before.  The new shoots will take two to three weeks to develop.

With the N. sanguinea try not fertilizing, and keep her a little wetter than normal.  Don't worry about the misting; it's less benefit than you might think.  It's odd that the maxima is doing great and the sanguinea is the fussy one.  Usually it's just the opposite.  Go ahead and leave it in the window.  Changing the conditions would make the plant less likely to pitcher.

The fungicide probably shocked it some.  That is quite normal.  Try watering the plant and pouring water over the top of it.  Then give it time.  It should come around.

Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com