Drosera brevifolia germination trial

Back in November I sold some Drosera burmannii and Drosera brevifolia seeds to a fellow named Adam. We had a bit of a back-and-forth on Facebook about whether the D. brevifolia required cold stratification. I told him that as far as I could find people said it didn't require stratification, but it might benefit from it. He decided to run a (very small) trial with the 12 seeds in his packet, with half getting a 2-week cold stratification and the other half not. The first non-stratified seed germinated after 8 days.

First germination, 11-30-2014

After 9 days the plant put out its first carnivorous leaf.

First carnivorous leaf, 12-9-2014.

First carnivorous leaf, 12-9-2014.

And after 13 days, we see a second carnivorous leaf.

Second carnivorous leaf, 12-13-2014.

Second carnivorous leaf, 12-13-2014.

So far only one of the 6 non-stratified seeds has germinated.

The first of the stratified seeds germinated today, 6 days after sowing. Now we get to wait and see if any patterns start to emerge. Adam says he's interested in doing progressively larger trials once he brings these plants to flower. I'm excited to see his results!