Sounds like they are growing well. I've seen leaf budding on plenty of
Utrics, especially if they are very wet or the conditions are humid.
In fact, Lloyd and Taylor have both written that the species U. simplex
(related to delicatula and lateriflora) always perennate by leaf budding.
I am not quite sure what this means, and have not gotten around to asking
Taylor for a clarification. Incidentally, as I understand it, "vegetative
apomixis" is reserved for when adventitious plantlets occur on an
*inflorescence*, like you occasionally see on some Drosera (intermedia,
rotundifolia), Dionaea, Agaves, Allium (such as onions and particularly
"Society garlic") and of course D. prolifera. But I may be off base
on this one.
>The S. purpurea venosa in my bog garden is putting up a flower spike.
>Is this the normal time of year for such behavior? My other potted purp.
>shows no sign of flowering.
Mostly they do flower in the spring, but occasionally you'll get a misfire
like this. My S. flava are most prone to this---of 10 or so pots of varieties,
I usually get about 2---3 ill-timed flowers. Occasionally S. alata, minor,
or purp (as you've noticed) do this too.
BAMR