Re: Drosera identity

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Wed, 11 Aug 93 09:48:01 +0000

>> Is the growth habit upright or flat? Are the leves roughly the same
>> width all the way, or are they shaped sort of like a pie slice?
>>
>Leaves grow upwards. They are not the same width but are wider about mid
>length, and pointed at the end. I guess a pie slice is close. It is quite an
>attractive plant, looks like it could grow fairly large. I thought perhaps it
>was D. linearis, but when I looked up native American species it didn't
>resemble any of them. The midrib is the oddest thing, I've never seen it in a
>sundew before. James.

Definitely sounds like an D. adelae, the lance-leaved sundew - one of the North
Queensland sundews from here in Australia. The leaves on my plant are usually
up to about a cm (1/2") across in the middle on the larger leaves and can be
4 or more inches long. I think the "tentacles" on the leaves are unusual
compared with those on the other sundews I've got - the closest thing I can
compare them to are the hairs on dandelion leaves - in that they are usually a
bit more sparsely distributed than say a D. capensis, and often much shorter.
(I could be wrong though... ;-)

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