Byblis ID please

[phissionkorps]

Its either filifolia or lamellata.



Sorry for the poor image quality...my camera is from WW2

[gregallan]

I'd say it's almost certainly filifolia. It is certainly not Byblis lamellata. Byblis lamellata looks extremely similar to B gigantea, and, like the latter, is a perennial. It grows a little like a Drosera filiformis for the first few months of growth, eventually producing leaves several inches long before producing a stem. In my experience, both Byblis gigantea and lamellata begin to produce their stem at about the same time as the first flowers emerge. Byblis filifolia is variable, but always begins forming a stem as soon as it germinates. Byblis filifolia is an annual species, and most forms look a bit like a large Byblis liniflora, but with much larger flowers which must be hand pollinated with pollen obtained from a genetically different individual of the same species.

Cheers,

Greg

Cheers,

Greg

[phissionkorps]

Thanks a lot...disappointing that I can't get seed though...

[gregallan]

I have had some limited success with stem cuttings of this species. The method is a little drastic, though- cut off the growing point and stick it in the substrate!

Greg

[phissionkorps]

heres a better pic:

[gregallan]

Certainly looks like folifolia to me. Will you be able to post a photo of the flower when it opens?

Cheers,

Greg

[phissionkorps]

Yep. Got a flower about to open in a day or two i think.

[phissionkorps]

Again its kind of blurry. My camera broke the other day because I tried to fix it the Russian way, and my cell phone doesn't have a macro function. The petals are a little curled because the flower is old, but it looks like
Ca5 CoZ5, A4, G1

[Deleted]

beautiful flower...sorry but im not that good at identifying unless i google it so one moment..........yep its byblis filifolia from what i can tell from your pictures....and its flower is the same shade as others ive seen