Re: ??D.diels. * D. sp. Trans.??

From: Peter Cole (carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jan 04 1997 - 03:00:25 PST


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

snail:Peter Cole,17 Wimmerfield Cr. :: mailto:carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk
    Killay, SWANSEA SA27BU,WALES,UK :: http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/
  vox:+44 1792 205214 :: Carnivorous plants & seeds for sale



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jan 02 2001 - 17:30:58 PST