Re: _Drosera_, again

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Wed, 20 Jan 93 16:40:34 GMT

>>OK, if the "repeated split" of the style is entirely constricted
>>to the stigmatic tip, this is a strong argument *against* (!!!)
>>_D.aliciae_. With the leaf characters as seen in the Photos sent
>>to me by Robert (TNX) and the stigmas *not* repeatedly divided the
>>only remaining possibility is _D.dielsiana_, the seeds of which are
>>*not* fusiform (at least when ripe), however. Stigma morphology is
>>indeed crucial for species determination in this complex.

My D. coccicaulis has put up a scape and should bloom soon. If
it does, I'll get some photos of the flower, and more of the leaves.
My girlfriend now has some close up lenses and she's been practicing
on my plants, so I stand to get some good ones. BTW, for those with
35mm cameras: if you want to take 1-1 photos of your plants but don't
want to spend ~$300 on a closeup lens, you can buy a 3 lens set of
different screw on lenses (they screw on like filters) to do the same
thing, almost as well. To my untrained eye the photos are good.
They sets run $30-40 as I recall.

Robert