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Post by coline on Feb 11, 2013 13:33:05 GMT
Hi, I hav this plant that has sprout in a pot of a plant I bought from a nursery and was shipped to me, I have never seen such red color in a plant that shape so I know it is not a D. spatulata of the type I have, and even more with the snap tentacles this one has it is giving me trouble to identify it. Do you guys know which species could it be?
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Post by jdallas on Feb 11, 2013 14:06:06 GMT
Since so many rosetted sundews look alike, you should ask the nursery what was growing nearby the other plant you purchased. That would give you a better idea of what it could be. Also, I wouldn't totally rule out D. spatulata. When grown in adequate lighting, many forms get very red.
Jeff
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Post by hcarlton on Feb 11, 2013 16:21:38 GMT
Looks a lot like a mystery plant that I have: short, stocky leaves, general spatulata shape but noticeable snap tentacles, and diminutive size. I've reverted to calling it D. spatulata "squat" until a better name shows up for it, as that's the closest species to it I can think of.
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Post by coline on Feb 12, 2013 5:17:20 GMT
Well, we can give it a little more time, since there in the photo it is only 5mm in size, and see if it might really be a spatulata variety I've got.
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Post by coline on Apr 14, 2013 21:15:10 GMT
Well, the plant is not a spatulata, it remained that size, maybe only 3mm more, and it is an adult, in flowering stage: Unless it was D. spatulata v. bakoensis, which I really doubt that had come with another plant from a nursery.
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Post by paulbarden on Apr 15, 2013 13:54:01 GMT
Did you write to the nursery that sent it to you to ask what species they think it could be? That seems to me to be a better route than just guessing.
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Post by coline on Apr 16, 2013 2:30:56 GMT
Yes I did, they say that it may be a D. spatulata or a burmanii, I think it is not a burmanii as I have that other plant and the leaves are really not the same, even the size, this is half the size of burmanii. The only maybe link it has would be if the plant was a D. spatulata v. bakoensis, but varieties that specific are not easy to tell for sure.
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Post by coline on Jun 12, 2013 23:21:10 GMT
An update: These are photos of the growth it has made the past months, still very same size and shape, it has even flowered and set seed.
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Post by Not a Number on Jun 12, 2013 23:54:38 GMT
Most likely D. burmanii given the morphology, size and growth profile.
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Post by coline on Jun 13, 2013 12:41:01 GMT
Bue there is this problem, this are my burmanii: They double the size of this other drosera, have different shape and trichomes, different flower color, scape size and shape, also seeds are different totally.
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Post by Not a Number on Jun 14, 2013 6:40:22 GMT
Bue there is this problem, this are my burmanii: They double the size of this other drosera, have different shape and trichomes, different flower color, scape size and shape, also seeds are different totally. Provide some scale like a ruler. Photos of the flowers and seeds would help and details like the stipules. There are many forms of D. burmanii. A single Beerwah plant will fill a 2.5 inch pot where as I can fit 4 or 5 of the no location/form ones I used to grow in the same size pot with room to spare. There are white and pink flower D. burmanii.
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Post by coline on Jun 14, 2013 12:50:01 GMT
From this plant I could not take photos of the flowers, because I am onlt 2 days a week at my house, but I got these from the stalk
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Post by coline on Jun 14, 2013 12:51:59 GMT
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Post by Dave Evans on Jun 20, 2013 20:47:27 GMT
It appears to be a spatulata (or perhaps a real D. dielsiana?) that is trying to fool us into thinking it is a D. burmannii!
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Post by coline on Jun 21, 2013 0:38:31 GMT
I have been watching it closely, and it has grown about 3-4mm in diameter. Also, I have read about dielsiana, about that it is glabrous at the crown center, and the plant indeed is almost like that: But also, in one of the first photos, where the flower stalk is growing, the hairs were ver present in there
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