A question about D. Filiformis ssp. Filiformis

[Hailstorm Project]

Hi,

One year ago I bought an adult Drosera Filiformis ssp. Filiformis. After flowering even in mid-fall, I was all the winter waiting for the winter bud. The plant didn't make it, and besides continued growing slowly. In spring, with more solar exposition, the plant becomes red, start to grow faster and flower constantly.

As I have read exists a "Red Form" from Florida that doesn't experience dormancy. My plant have, in fact, a very bright red colour. It's possible that my plant be a "Red Form" one? All my D. Rotundifolia, Dionaea and Sarracenia plants, on the other hand, have experienced a full dormancy, therefore the winter temperatures were correct and they should not have affected to my Filiformis by excess of heat, I supose.

There is a photo of my plant last June:

[John Brittnacher]

The Florida all red form of D. filiformis var. filiformis can produce hybernacula. The plants from seed are quite variable. The one offered by Peter D'Amato was a selection that very rarely produced hybernacula. Seed from that plant produced plants that did form hybernacula. Some of them easily formed them, others didn't. The hybernacula tend not to be as tight as regular D. filiformis (both varieties) and may not survive severe freezes as well but they do happen.