Andreas Fleischmann Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Hello Drosera-lovers, Many of you will probably already know the new species of Drosera from South East Asian high mountains, which previously has been identified as "D. spatulata". Very nice plants of this new taxon have been discovered on the Philippine island of Palawan by Stewart McPherson, Alastair Robinson and Volker Heinrich (they are pictured on Stewart's homepage as Drosera sp. 'A': http://www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/new_species/drosera_sp). But the plant also occurs on Sulawesi, Borneo and Sumatra. Our article describing this new plant finally got published, and it has free online access for everyone: http://caliban.ingentaselect.co.uk/fstemp/...e03f2bf23da.pdf The plant is actually more widespread in Nepenthes territory than typical Drosera spatulata. Drosera ultramafica got its species' name from the kind of soil it exclusively grows is in: it is confined to heavy mineral soils known as ultramafic soils (often called "serpentine soils", but that is just one type of ultramafic rock), just like many Nepenthes species of that area, too. But like Drosera neocaledonica (which also grows in ultramafic soils naturally), D. ultramafica can easily be grown in cultivation in a normal peat-based substrate, without any addition of toxic nickel or magnesium ;). For me, this new species has proven to be quite easy under highland conditions. But of corse, this is a sundew, and thus will need far more light and less continuous spray than highland Nepenthes ;). All the best, Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emiel Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Nice article! And a really stunning species!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stairs Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Ah, Fleischy, you beat me to it - many thanks for your part in getting our paper published. Look forward to knocking glasses again some time soon! Cheers, Alastair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Great work! I was curious, when does this nice plant get its own name. Now i am curious when it will be available in cultivation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moof Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Interesting article, a very nice plant! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 New species! Yeah! This made my Friday! Lovely and very interesting plant. Thank you for the information:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Congrats Andreas and Alastair and all those involved in this paper. Drosera ultramafica is a fairly easy species in cultviation as far as I am concerned. The following shot has been taken last September; the plant is now bigger. I recently succeeded to get cuttings in water ;-) François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) For sure a really nice new species, congrats And nice plant François! Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 It will be interesting to see where it fits in to the "Drosera tree" once its genetics are analyzed; I susspect that it map out closer to D. neocaledonica than D. spathulata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphirion Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 as always, Europe always gets dibs on the new species. XD super jealous! hope it doesnt take too long to get over to the States! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Congratulation for the publication and really interesting name. It´s good to hear that it seems to be an easy grower. François, that´s a really nice plant. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 (edited) François, that´s a really nice plant.Best regards, Dani Thanks Dani. Some more picture here: http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.com/2011...ltramafica.html Edited February 12, 2011 by Sockhom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks Dani. Some more picture here:http://carnivorousockhom.blogspot.com/2011...ltramafica.html Wonderful flower, great photos! Aimed on that species... I want one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 It will be interesting to see where it fits in to the "Drosera tree" once its genetics are analyzed; I susspect that it map out closer to D. neocaledonica than D. spathulata. Dear Rich, Well, I'm pretty sure all three are very close... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 It will be interesting to see where it fits in to the "Drosera tree" once its genetics are analyzed; I susspect that it map out closer to D. neocaledonica than D. spathulata. Me too!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Ooohhh. I hope this new highland species is available on cultivation soon. Great pictures François, I liked the almost red leaves. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siggi_Hartmeyer Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hey Francois, Dave, and Fernando, D. ultramafica seedlings develop tentacles also on the cotyledons which is rare in Drosera, but I found that sometimes also with D. spatulata. Also the large trichomes (hairs) which develop from the beginning are typical also for D. spatulata. Unfortunately I never examined seedlings of D. neocaledonica, therefore I cannot say whether these features are also present in that species too. Here are some pictures. The adult plant was shot today when I realized that now the first flowerstalks start to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly Weapon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi François. Could you please tell me what kind of conditions does this sundew like? Regards DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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