Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I have another mystery Drosera that has turned up amongst some Sphag. Is it a drawn out D. capensis, I don't think it is. It is growing in my terrarium, permanently wet and high humidity. Any help greatly appreciated. A much larger image (1.4M ) can be found here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rp.hindley2/unknown-1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Drosera rotundifolia I think. I have had a load turn up in some Dutch Sphagnum I bought a few months ago. It is hardy and will probably be happier outside your terrarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I agree with what Aidan has said. It definitely needs alot more light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Thank You, Thank you and, once again, I thnak You :-) Out into the greenhouse first then? And then outside? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tamlin Dawnstar Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 I would agree that this is D. rotundifolia. If you do place it outdoors (and it could use it) you must do so v-e-r-y gradually, especially since this plant is etiolated and weak. Even a brief encounter with sunlight is going to fry it. Consider the use of a couple of layers of white plastic garbage bags as a sunscreen until the plant begins to show some color, gradually decreasing the layers over the course of a couple of weeks. Alternatively, you can give the plant some weak morning or late afternoon sunlight, or place it where it will get only broken sunlight until it hardens off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Thank you Mr Dawnstar :-) Sunscreen will be produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 ...and I would mound some sphagnum or compost up to the current growth point level... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Why is that, Stephen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Thanks Guys. Patient is now resting cofortably in the greenhouse, hidden behind some taller pots and nestling up to it's petioles in broken LFS. Can you point out the distinguishing characteristics that gave you to reach this identification? It doesn't look too much like a rotundifolia as it is, all etiolated, pale and wan :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Why is that, Stephen? otherwise it will topple over as new growth begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Can you point out the distinguishing characteristics that gave you to reach this identification? It doesn't look too much like a rotundifolia as it is, all etiolated, pale and wan :-) Sorry, but my answer is going to be the somewhat unquantifiable "'Cos that's what it looks like!" I looked at the photo and the two words "Drosera rotundifolia" bubbled to the surface of the miasma I humourously refer to as my mind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 :-) I see Aidan, just experience then, no hidden label I couldn't see :-) Thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tamlin Dawnstar Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 D. rotundifolia is one of the few sundew species with more or less round lamina, which are rather large. The petiole is round in cross section (tetrete) with few hairs present on it. Add to this the fact that it came up in your sphagnum, and factor in the infinite examples I have seen over the years (it is native here) and you have an easy determination. BTW, my name is William, or Tamlin if you will! I sure hope we are friends here (or most of us)! I take this as an example of the famous Brittish Reserve I've heard tell about. Now I wonder if i shouldn't have been as equally formal, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 These are definately from seeds in the sphagnum moss. I have lots coming up in pots of sphagnum in a propogator. I only put the moss in the pots in the autumn, long after the seed on my rotundifolia plants ( which are kept nowhere near the propogator) had been harvested. I also decided they look like D. rotundifolia, but although the pots are in full sunshine the little plants look etiolated and pale, just the same as yours. It could just be where they are fighting their way up through the moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Tamlin - :-) Just my warped sense of humour I'm afraid, we most definately are all friends here, that's what makes the forum such a great place to 'meet'. My refernce to you as 'Mr' is in deference to your obvious knowledge and worldy-wiseness. You speak like a good tutor would, or a patient and caring relative. I have yet to see you snap.... Hi Sheila, I'm not sure if this one came in with a bag of sphagnum or with some plants I have received lately. I shall treat them as if they are rotundifolia until they tell me otherwise. I hope it holds up and prospers, and yours as well :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tamlin Dawnstar Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 kribuk, Awww, thanks! I do like to teach when I can, but NO deference, please I have an allergy to it! As to not snapping, errrr, well. ehhh....I have had my moments mate! "....but lets not argue about 'ew killed 'ew...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 ="BTW, my name is William, or Tamlin if you will! I sure hope we are friends here (or most of us)! I take this as an example of the famous Brittish Reserve I've heard tell about. Now I wonder if i shouldn't have been as equally formal, lol. can we call you Billy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tamlin Dawnstar Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Ma said I was named after William Wallace. Would you call him Billy Wallace? Would you call King William....King Billy? Billy the Conquerer? How about Billy Shakespear? Tell you what. Since you are such a sportsman regarding the lollon/rollon/stollon furor, YOU may call me Billy. P.S. You'll need to be sending me shortbread at Christmas though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Tamlin, Who's William Wallace? I have never heard of him. I think King Billy would make a pleasant change from the names our monarchs usually have. They pass the same few names down generation after generation. Something different would be nice like King Stan or Bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Sheila said: Tamlin, Who's William Wallace? I have never heard of him. Are you avin' us on Sheila? He was that Ozzy chap, painted in the Ipswich colours, ran around Scotland half naked,stole some sheep and cows, killed a couple of blokes and got made a hero, Oh I forgot about the raping and torturing, he was good at that. :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 No, I'm serious I have never heard of him I assume this isn't something that happened recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 You haven't seen the movie Braveheart Sheila? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 William Wallace lead a group of Scots against the English some several hundred years ago. The Scots see him as a hero, much as the Australians do Ned Kelly, in fact he was anything but a hero. He was a cattle thief, a murderer and rapist, but I bet the Scottish members disagree :-) :-) Mel Gibson played him in a terrible film a few years ago, why they didn't use some one with a Scottish-ish accent I don't know, could be due to Mel directing and producing it???? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 No, I don't watch many movies. Just the odd comedy one here and there. TV drives me nuts and I just can't be bothered to go to the pictures unless it is something really spectacular like Lord of the Rings. Which is the only movie I've seen at a picture house in 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 I think William Wallace achieved a touch more than Ned Kelly ever did. If Ned had never decided to fashion his crude suit of armour you'd never have heard anything about him. Nowadays he's more of a curiosity than anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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