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Post by adelea on Oct 28, 2014 0:08:11 GMT
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Post by adelea on Oct 28, 2014 0:10:08 GMT
The first Drosera is Finlaysonia, note it has no petiole between the leaf and stem, entirely carnivorous leaf, the second and third are serpens, note a clear petiole, part of the their leaves are useless at carnivory.
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Post by adelea on Oct 28, 2014 0:13:58 GMT
I don't grow (nor do I have my own photos) of the other indica's so I won't comment on these, I find that they are very easy to differentiate between each other using this method. (other than some very small seedling's I recently germinated, but I will grow them up before ID'ing them) |
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Post by tanukimo on Oct 28, 2014 4:51:54 GMT
I didn't realize there were any species besides indica before seeing your post. Thanks!
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Post by hcarlton on Oct 28, 2014 19:29:57 GMT
Many species have been recently described out of the complex. In Australia alone there are a large number: hartmeyerorum, finlaysoniana, serpents, aquatica, aurantiaca, barrettorum, cucullata, fragrans, glabriscapa, and nana.
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Post by Not a Number on Oct 28, 2014 22:50:27 GMT
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Post by adelea on Oct 29, 2014 0:06:52 GMT
I have hartmeyerorum and 3 indica? from the Northern Territory growing up (1-2cm seedlings) so I should be able to show these when they grow up.
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Post by dieter on Oct 29, 2014 5:46:58 GMT
I fully agree that you pointed out the most obvious difference between these two new species. Unfortunately, there are more species within the complex having either one or the other feature, so we can not use it as a single parameter to identify these species. I admit that I am very curious to see your seedlings growing up and getting some ID. As you know, I am currently going through the same exercise with the D. indica I currently grow or recently grew and it turned out to be quite interesting. Best regards Dieter |
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Post by adelea on Oct 29, 2014 23:48:01 GMT
Allen lowries books are very useful and have a section on ID for the indica complex.
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