Good afternoon, dear CP growers!
It´s surely no secret I have a peculiar fondness for Australian pygmy sundews. Due to space problems I needed to part from some species which I have to consider less important to me than others.![:sad:]()
The large orange flowers of Drosera miniata, D. barbigera, D. sewelliae and also D. callistos are the most impressive to me! This year is a premiere for me to see how the flower of Drosera miniata "Giant flower" looks like. This special form has only recently been introduced into German collections I believe. I´ve received only 8 gemmae of D. miniata "Giant flower" from the very famous Dieter K. in autumn 2012. I think I have clumsily dropped one gemma as I finally got seven plants. All of them are so friendly to flower this spring.![:yahoo:]()
The next generation happily consists of more than 20 plants of course! ^^ So, the flower has become a surprise! I didn´t expect it would look like this:
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A WHITE center??????![:blink:]()
Very unusual for a Drosera miniata I thought!
Despite the name affix "Giant flower" the flower of D. miniata "Giant flower" is not much larger than the "Coomallo" form - perhaps 2 mm larger in diameter! ;-) However it IS a very large flower with 2,5 cm in diameter indeed for such tiny plants!
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There´s another species in the pot: Drosera parvula (ssp. parvula)
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Yes, I do like this flower very much!
In the past I´ve had only very few specimens to become old enough to flower of Drosera miniata "Coomallo". At last a whole pot has survived the second winter to perform a real flower festival!![^_^]()
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Well, flowering for the second time for me but not the same plants:
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I have earned a comment in another carnivorous plants forum saying he´s puzzled how my so called D. barbigera flowers look like. And I have to admit I have wondered a little about them, too. Of course there is always a little morphological variation among species, often depending on the location. But I have so often experienced when seeds, gemmae or even plants were spread, especially when it comes to pygmy Drosera, they aren´t what they are labelled as! And I wouldn´t be surprised if my Drosera barbigera turn out to be in fact something else! I am not sure anymore from where I received the gemmae of what I grow as D. barbigera.
I´ll send Dieter photos and will ask him about his opinion.
After the orange revolution I close with a yellow flowering species to relax your eyes.![:laugh2:]()
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Drosera citrina in its third season!! Still tough as boots! ;-)
Thank you for your attention!
Andreas
It´s surely no secret I have a peculiar fondness for Australian pygmy sundews. Due to space problems I needed to part from some species which I have to consider less important to me than others.
The large orange flowers of Drosera miniata, D. barbigera, D. sewelliae and also D. callistos are the most impressive to me! This year is a premiere for me to see how the flower of Drosera miniata "Giant flower" looks like. This special form has only recently been introduced into German collections I believe. I´ve received only 8 gemmae of D. miniata "Giant flower" from the very famous Dieter K. in autumn 2012. I think I have clumsily dropped one gemma as I finally got seven plants. All of them are so friendly to flower this spring.
The next generation happily consists of more than 20 plants of course! ^^ So, the flower has become a surprise! I didn´t expect it would look like this:
A WHITE center??????
Very unusual for a Drosera miniata I thought!Despite the name affix "Giant flower" the flower of D. miniata "Giant flower" is not much larger than the "Coomallo" form - perhaps 2 mm larger in diameter! ;-) However it IS a very large flower with 2,5 cm in diameter indeed for such tiny plants!
There´s another species in the pot: Drosera parvula (ssp. parvula)
Yes, I do like this flower very much!
In the past I´ve had only very few specimens to become old enough to flower of Drosera miniata "Coomallo". At last a whole pot has survived the second winter to perform a real flower festival!
Well, flowering for the second time for me but not the same plants:
I have earned a comment in another carnivorous plants forum saying he´s puzzled how my so called D. barbigera flowers look like. And I have to admit I have wondered a little about them, too. Of course there is always a little morphological variation among species, often depending on the location. But I have so often experienced when seeds, gemmae or even plants were spread, especially when it comes to pygmy Drosera, they aren´t what they are labelled as! And I wouldn´t be surprised if my Drosera barbigera turn out to be in fact something else! I am not sure anymore from where I received the gemmae of what I grow as D. barbigera.
I´ll send Dieter photos and will ask him about his opinion.
After the orange revolution I close with a yellow flowering species to relax your eyes.
Drosera citrina in its third season!! Still tough as boots! ;-)
Thank you for your attention!
Andreas