RE - Aussie Droseras

bertozzi.terry@wpo.pi.sa.gov.au
Tue, 02 May 1995 08:03:34 +0930

>Has anyone managed to cultivate D. arcturi. This high alpine
>species seems to need refrigeration to keep going?

I managed to keep a couple of plants alive for about a year but I
couldn't tell if they were growing well or not (obviously not :))

>In the mountains here it grows in beds metres across in gravelly
>stream beds, often with Utricularia monanthos and Caltha
>introloba. Snow clears it in November, but its roots never get
>above freezing point (melt water). It flowers in midsummer
>(January) and is one of the ugliest plants I know!

Where is "in the mountains here"? Also, how long do the leaves
get on this species?

>Seed has been available commercially which means either that
>someone can grow it, or someone is being naughty. {I assume
>it's protected in NZ as well as Australia}

I didn't realize that it was protected in Australia.

Cheers
Terry