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Drosera humbertii

The December 2005 issue of Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 34(4):100-105 has a fantastic article by Eric Schlosser, Notes on some little known carnivorous plants from Madagascar. Included in that article is a discussion about finding Drosera humbertii. I have scoured the Web for several years and have never found a photo of D. humbertii. Eric was kind enough to send me the photo below.
DroseraHumbertii_EricSchlosser2004.jpg

Another photo can be found in the CPN article.
 
I was just reading some of that article. Definitely a cool plant.
 
I saw the article and loved the photos. I like the super tall stems.
 
One of the things I found interesting about the article was the possibility that some of the very tall Drosera humbertii were growing since 1955.  I don't know how long Drosera live in the wild, but that seems pretty old.
 
it looks alot like D. Scorpidoes.
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At least it doesn't look like a D. Spatulata!
 
Has D. humbertii been introduced into cultivation?

-Ben
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Brian_W @ Jan. 15 2006,1:18)]One of the things I found interesting about the article was the possibility that some of the very tall Drosera humbertii were growing since 1955.  I don't know how long Drosera live in the wild, but that seems pretty old.
I find that to be pretty incredible as far as Drosera age goes. I can't imagine my Drosera still being around in another 50 years!
 
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