Well, if you send me an address, I can ship out some small plants
of a vigorous capensis clone. I haven't got any seeds because I
nip off their flower buds as they form, but I am sure that plants
or root cuttings would survive the trip. It is probably the easiest
Drosera species to grow. There is no dormancy period.
The Hawaiian native CP that you have is, I think, a tropical form
of D. intermedia. This plant is common in the eastern US, where it forms
hibernacula (winter resting buds) during the cold season. If I remember,
your intermedia either does not form such buds, or it grows as an
annual. I have recently gotten an intermedia `Cuba' from Rob, and am
curious to see if it produces such a winter bud. Anyway, it is possible
that your intermedia just died its normal death as it tried to get ready
for winter hibernation but was forced (by warm conditions) to continue
to grow. Who knows how long that species has been in Hawaii, trying to
adapt (rhetorical question)? You probably were trying to grow a plant
that is just barely hanging in there in the first place!
>My U. livida is pumping up flowers. The last I looked they were about
>ready to open... they are white and not so "livid" as I had imagined.
>Nevertheless they are fairly large.
Yeah, this clone of livida isn't very livid. There is a lot of colour
variation within the species. Look for a white corolla, with a lilac
dusting on the lower lip, and a dash of yellow as well. You say your
livida flowers are large? Mine are less than 1cm in length...
>U. prehensilis also is a' scaping, but not s' scaping as
>i imagined it might. I thought this one put up a long flower stalk
>that would
U. prehensilis does not have to be prehensile. I have only had one scape
ever form, but it aborted. Look for a yellow, spurred flower.
BAMR