Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 15:29:08 +1100 From: Miguel de Salas <mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3008$foo@default> Subject: Drosera hybrids & Australian list
While the talk on Drosera hybrids is up, has anyone hybridised Drosera
peltata and D. auriculata?
They were first considered separate species, then they were lumped together
as subspecies, and now they are considered separate species as well.
I encountered a mixed population of both species near Hobart, Tasmania, and
both species are quite easy to tell apart when seen together.
However, a couple of individuals had intermediate characters between the
two species, which leads me to ask what the hybrids look like. These had
fimbriate sepals, intermediate between the glabrous D. auriculata and
pubescent D. peltata.
General size and colour was also intermediate between the two.
As I understand, D auriculata x D. peltata is infertile, but these
seemingly intermediate plants had plenty of seedpods forming with seed inside.
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Cheers!
Miguel de Salas mailto:mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au
School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-55, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7001.
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