During last year's trip through Australia I have seen numerous plants of many species of CP's. While most plants looked quite "normal" ,a few of them were even for CP's weird:


This Drosera binata var dichotoma is almost like a hybrid with D. schizandra....


A multi crowned Drosera aff. callistos. While many plants of this species were about to flower, no flower scape(s) could be seen on this fellow.


A weird looking Cephalotus.


Right beneath both the flowers of Drosera stricticaulis is a developing rosette visible (especially well visible on the plant in the center).
According to Andreas Fleischman these are "droppers". Droppers are a kind of daughter tubers that are formed above the ground.
Dropper formation is known from D. gigantea, D. radicans and D. intricata, but so far not from D. stricticaulis. Andreas told me also that D. stricticaulis is the first known species with droppers right beneath the flower. I understood that dropper formation ususally takes place under very humid conditions, however this site was relatively dry.

John

Thanks for sharing! Australia is certainly home to the most beautiful of flora and fauna (and deadliest!)

nice photos!
have you some other photo of cephalotus in habitat to post here ?

Thanks for sharing Johnvdw, beautiful photos! Expecially this strange drosera binata var dichotoma..




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