Sunday 11 November 2012

The season for pygmy sundew's gemmae

Gemmae of pygmy sundews are now growing in my greenhouse. As we have long hot summer this year, the fruit season is a bit later than normal year.


Drosera gebsonii 

Drosera pedicellaris

Drosera walyunga

Drosera scorpioides 'Gidgegannup Form'

Drosera callisitos


This pygmy sundew is widely known as D. 'Toodyay Pink' in Japan but as Toodyay Pink is a synonym of D. spilos, which is another pygmy sundew, I must say this is a wrong name. After looking up some information on the Internet, I come to be almost convinced that this is a natural hybrid between D. nitidula and D. pygmaea. Anyway whatever this hybrid is, this is a nice pygmy sundew as the cultivation is quite easy and in autumn the whole plant beautifully coloures in vivid red.

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