Drocera Capensis

[waldobrits]

Hey all!
I recently got hold of a all white D.Capensis even its flowers are white.
Where the normal Capensis has a red to pink hue this one has no color what so ever. One question Is a white Capensis something that you get a lot or are they a bit special. Bcz most of the ones i have seen are all red. And if not how many different colors are there in general?

I will post some pix's
Waldo Brits

[marcel]

The white "alba"form is relatively common in cultivation and popular because it will do well under somewhat less light.

Capensis is usually divided by growers in:

typical, small leaf, red hairs and red flowers
alba, same but no red color
Broadleaf, as typical but the leaves are at least once as wide as typical
narrowleaf, once as thin as typical
All red, as typical but with the stalks are also red.

Personally, I think broadleaf and narrowleaf are rubbish. If you see capensis in nature the typical form is a broadleaf, typical is what he looks like in a window box after a couple of years and narrowleaf is very difficult to measure against a not to well growing typical.

[jm82792]

I agree,I have had cape in hawaii more narrow while now in oregon in low light wider.........

[waldobrits]

Thank you for the reply ...Interesting must say it was a first for me. We don't get much of anything here in South Africa and to get something good here is like having your birthday LOL

With the plant i mentioned i also got some seeds, planted then and now i have hundreds of small plants. It seems that Capensis is one of the plants in the Drosera group that is very easy to grow.
The Cistiflora and Ceineflora seems a lot harder to get growing.

[Brian Barnes]

D. Capensis is practically an "indestructable" species in cultivation....All forms seem to propagate from seed readily and produce TONS of it. Also, you may want to try leaf cuttings in Spring..If i could recommend a good "first" plant for a collection, it would definitely be D. capensis...Enjoy, Brian