Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 09:54:45 -0800 From: Ivan Snyder <bioexp@juno.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3325$foo@default> Subject: re: New nondormant D. filiformis
>Howdy kids, Peter here at California Carnivores.
>The plant I'm speaking about was co-discovered by Don Schnell, Joe
Mazrimas and Larry
>Logateta just before the 1997 Conference in Atlanta. It was found in the
>Florida Panhandle. / My display plant is not only still growing, as it
has-non stop for three winters, but in fact it
>is still flowering. All other filiformis by its side are dormant.
Thanks for the info and clarification Peter. I thought maybe you were
telling about another form of D. filiformis filiformis which you have
that is going around under the name Florida Giant. It certainly sounds
like you now have something new. I have grown the Florida Giant, which is
also a very fine form, and it went dormant. There is a trick which not
everyone seems to know on how to grow the Drosera species which form
hibernacula so that these do not go dormant. I have been growing D.
rotundifolia and D. anglica for years. I have learned that by renewing
these plants from leaf cutting, they may be grown continuously without
dormancy indoors under artificial light. A problem is that these plants
do not flower until after coming out of dormancy. With my growing setup
dormancy is a major setback which I dislike, though getting seed is
important to me. If you have a form of D. filiformis which flowers and
that goes through winter and does not produce a hibernaculum, that is
great! This makes me think of the tropical form of D. anglica from Hawaii
versus the typical temperate form. The tropical is more suited to
cultivation. I wish we had a tropical D. rotundifolia too.
Ivan Snyder
Hermosa Beach
California
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