Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 16:52:00 -0400 From: "Paul V. McCullough" <pvmcull@voicenet.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1775$foo@default> Subject: And yet another Sundew!
Inspecting the drosera Adelae cluster, I think I'm going to have to
temporarily re-identify one of the baby "adelae" plants next to the big
adelae cluster...
As I reported in CP Digest 1071, I've discovered a new sundew
(possibly d. prolifera; round but broad trap with a center crease)
sprouting from near the base of my huge d. adelae. On the opposite side
of the main plant is a small sundew that on first inspection looked to
be a baby d. adelae. Today, my wife pointed out that this "baby d.
adelae's" traps are not lance shaped but more spathulate! In other
words, the traps don't end in a point ala adelae, but are rounded. It
may be a drosera spathulata. More great news- its sending up a flower
scape, too. I imagine (hope) spathulata flowers look nothing like
adelae flowers as adelae's flowers are incredibly unique in appearance.
Also, today we discovered a seedling sundew that may be rotundifolia
popping some traps thru the adelae mega-cluster.
So far, my investment of $2.93 in a tiny cluster of d. adelae plants
has yielded a huge cluster of d. adelaes with tons of flowers, a
possible d. spathulata, a possible d. prolifera or capillaris, and a
possible d. rotundifolia! The only thing I can think of is that where
ever these Home Depot plants come from, they must have had tons of
airborne drosera seeds that mixed around from pot to pot- or perhaps the
adelae cluster happened to catch some seeds blowing around the
greenhouse? Being vegetative matter, the traps wouldn't digest or
attempt to digest these seeds. As the traps come to rest on the soil
and decay, the seeds start to germinate... just conjecture on my part.
Cheers,
Paul
-- Paul V. McCullough http://www.voicenet.com/~pvmcull
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