Re: Help identifying Drosera

From: schlauer@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 00:18:37 PST


Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 08:18:37 +0000
From: schlauer@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3739$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Help identifying Drosera

Dear Broom,

> The
> one with the long, pointed leaves, all covered in red-dewed hairs, that
> I mentioned in my last email. Leaves on the plants are about 2-5 cm
> long

This is not really a long leaf for a _Drosera_. Numerous species have
far longer leaves. Do the leaves have a petiole?

> and up to 1 cm wide; the plants grow to about 50-60 cm before
> splitting.

This is very long. Do you really mean 60 cm or rather 60 mm? Do you
mean the stem (bearing leaves) or just the peduncle (bearing
flowers)?

A picture could help.

Kind regards
Jan



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