Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:40:38 +0100 From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1100$foo@default> Subject: Re: D. and U. identification.
On 22 Mar 97 at 21:33, Christopher Walkden wrote:
> I have a couple of plants that I don't know the names of. Can anyone help?
>
> The first is a non tuberous rosette Drosera, about 2cm in diameter. It has
> plenty of leaves, green with red tentacles, these are teardrop shaped (rather
> than a thin stem then a round leaf). Flowers are pink, and I have seen up to
> eight on a scape. I have only ever seen one scape to a plant, they are
> flowering now - early autumn. This plant could be a D.cistiflora (according
> to the description in a book I have), but I'm not sure.
Doesn't sound anything like my idea of a cistiflora - these get a
tall vertical stem but with strap like leaves. I'm afraid I'm not so
good at identifying the rosette ones.
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk) http://www.brunt.demon.co.uk/ Cacti in Mexico, Frogspawn, etc.
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