Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 20:53:11 -0800 From: Russell Elliott <relliott@geocities.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg444$foo@default> Subject: Re: Drosera Binata - Extra Forks?
espector@mlswc.uk.lucent.com wrote:
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> Hello.
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> I recently bought a D. Binata, Giant-T form. There are several plants in the
> pot. Among the new growth, I see that one plant has a leaf with an extra branch,
> and one leaf with two extra branches (H-form?).
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> Is this normal behaviour, or is this a plant with unstable genes? Or what?
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> Regards
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> Edwin Spector
> Bath, UK.
Edwin,
Hi, there are three (I think!) main forms of Drosera binata.
The T form, which only forks once, giving you a two pointed
leaf, the "dichotoma" form which forks twice, or sometimes
more giving you about 4-6 points, and the "multifida" which
ends up with about 8 to 12 points. There is also another type
if multifida called extrema, where there can be anything from
20 to 10 points on a leaf.
The plant that you describe called be a Drosera binata var
dichotoma which has self sown itself into the pot before
you bought it.
Hope this helps,
Russell Elliott
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