Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 19:12:58 -0500 From: MARK POGANY <MARKP@CRSCMS.COM> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg602$foo@default> Subject: D. adelae
Paul McCullough wrote:
Drosera adelae has in fact marched across the "plains" of my
now dead pings (sigh...) and I've actually had to weed them out.
You too, huh?!! My adelae's regularly grow out of the drainholes in the
bottom of my pots. They are more weedy than, dare I say, D. capensis.
Back a few months ago, I reported here that there were some unusual
drosera growing beneath other adelae plants... at this point the tiny
plants looked like branching peltata, but once the over growing adelaes
were removed, the tiny plants ceased this growth behavior and began to
grow in a rosette pattern. They have spathulate leaves rather then
lance-shaped leaves like adelae. Is it possible that these are baby
adelaes (from seed)? If so, that fountain of flowers last summer
These are more D. adelae! The plantlets sprouting from the underground
roots can look like a variety of drosera until they get larger. I find
that if you want alot of this plant just take a nice big portion of the
parent root and pot it up in loose sphagnum, just below the surface. If
they are kept in high humidity conditions with moderate temps you can
expect a jungle within a couple months!
Mark Pogany
Cleveland, Ohio
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