Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 11:00:25 GMT From: Peter Cole <carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg55$foo@default> Subject: Re: ??D.diels. * D. sp. Trans.??
dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> writes:
> I received some seed of the ICPS Seed Bank labled D.dielsiana
> * D. sp. Transval. What has come up though *appears* to be a
> mixed batch of D.capensis and D.spathulata. Considering the
> D.dielsiana is the mother plant, I was expecting to see some
> of them as this species is self-pollinating. Could it be
> that the cross is really D.capensis or D.ramentacia (sp?) *
> D.dielsiana, which gave rise to a cross which looks like D.spathulata,
> at least in it's juvenille stage?
I sowed some last year, and they certainly start out as little
spathulate rosettes, but over time the petioles elongate considerably
and the laminae a little, to resemble a flat affinis or short, flat
intermedia. It looks like it ought to be a bit more erect, but
still grows flat on the ground after nearly a year for me.
My seeds also came from the ICPS (sowed 29/2/96 according to the
label,) but might be a different batch from the time gap - I see no
variation along the lines of spatulata/capensis - none of the
laminae has an aspect longer than 3 or 4:1 length:width. I hear it's
self-fertile? and that the sp. 'Transvaal' may be D.collinsiae? (I
think that was it, or maybe affinis...) I can't remember who I
heard this from - came up in Email a couple of months ago. Anyone
out there who can refresh my memory/throw some new light on this?
It goes to show these S.African Drosera are a complex group!
Pretty little plant though,
Peter
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