Pygmy sundew official names ...
Paul Taylor [Falcon] (s882080@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Wed, 5 Dec 90 14:50:53 +1100
One problem with the second volume of Allen Lowrie's series is that the newly
named pygmy sundew species and hybrids don't mention what the old names
were! I have a lovely colony of D. "Lake Badgerup" (seems to be very popular)
but haven't been able to positively match it with any of the plants in the
book. My plants are similar to D. nitidula subsp. omissa x D. occidentalis
subsp. occidentalis (page 106 - it does mention that it is found at Lake
Badgerup), but tends to have four petalled flowers with the occassional
five petalled one. The gemmae don't really look like those in the book either,
although my microscope isn't particularly good.
I think that my D. arcturi seeds that my parents collected in Tasmania have
finally germinated after a YEAR or so, but it's too early to tell. The seeds
were refridgerated over winter and sowed in the usual peat-sand mix, and had
been passed off as duds. A couple of days ago I noticed some tiny sundew
seedlings in the trays, which don't look like any of the other sundews I have.
More details as they come to hand ...