If we're on the Earth's bum, why is it that the Northern Hemisphere produces
the most waste products? ;-)
>_U.bisquamata_ (known to the unwashed as ``U.capensis'' :}) with very
(At least capensis sounds a lot better than bisquamata, not to mention easier
to spell and pronounce!)
>large flowers. Gordon happily gave me a clump, muttering something
>derogatory about the genus. It is flowering now for me, right next
>to my other clone of _U.bisquamata_. This is a superior plant---while
>my original clone (and ones received from other growers) has small
>flowers only about 2 mm long, the one from Gordon has large expanded
>colourful corollae several mm long, with big inflated palate bulges.
>Very nice. I'll see if it produces seed.
What's the coloration of this clone like? One of mine (which I'm fairly
certain is CAPENSIS) has nice "purple" markings, though I don't recall the
finer details (as the won't flower again for a number of months), compared
with some of the dull white versions.
The D. planchonii's (spel?) are growing quite well this year. One
unusual feature of this species (although it probably is true for the
climbing sundew group) is that the third leaf of each whirl, which has
the slightly longer stem, develops very much faster than the remaining
two. In fact, some of the plants have several whirls per upright stem,
and only the "support" traps have opened into dew-dropped leaves (the
others could be best described as advanced "embryo" leaves). The stems
also seem to be rather finer than I remember the wild plants to be (it
can be difficult to see them in the pot) maybe it's just that they're
fairly young plants? With any luck, I can keep them growing until they
produce their huge flowers...
BFN
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