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One for the drosera pros..

So last year I collected seed from numerous D. rotundifolia and what was believed to be D. intermedia plants from my local bog.
This year the grown plants are flowering size. The D. rotundifolia is unmistakeable, but I have questions with the intermedia plants.
I have a couple plants that are identical to this, with white flowers: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/...Plants/DroseraintermediaGulfCoastGiantF-1.jpg

I also have some plants that look identical to this: http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/...lants/DroseraintermediaPaddle-leavedSunde.jpg

However, my version of the lower growing D. intermedia have just flowered PURPLE (rather than white)!! My question is this: Is there a purple flower form of D. intermedia?
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If not, may I suggest dubbing it:
D. intermedia "Mass Effect" :p
 
or.. D. 'Massermedia"
 
They are usually white but the species type descriptions don't mention petal color. D. intermedia was first thought to be a hybrid which accounts for the name. Could be an introgressed hybrid.

Let's see photos of the flowers and macros of the seed when available.
 
I can probably swing a flower pic, since there are unopened buds on the stalk. But I've been slacking on buying macro lenses. So no luck on pics of the seeds.
 
The traps..

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The flower buds.. ~note: purple, not white like intermedia is supposed to be~

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Where the stalk meets the plant..

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A frog..

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The seeds..

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D.nidiformis......I don't know how, or why, but that's what it is I believe...but an open flower will tell me for sure.
 
The seeds look South African to me. The testa on the end(s) are typical of South African seeds. D. intermedia should have blunt ends. Look closely at the seed are they covered with papillae (blunt fingers)?

D. intermedia seed:

"Seeds reddish brown, oblong, 0.7-1 mm. long, blunt at the ends, densely and irregularly covered with long papillae"

http://www.honda-e.com/A04_Seed Library/PHOTO_JPEG/D_intermediaNCNew.jpg
http://www.utricularia.net/bilder/drosera/intermedia_DROS20_003.php
http://www.utricularia.net/bilder/drosera/intermedia_DROS20_004.php


D. nidiformis seed
http://www.utricularia.net/bilder/drosera/nidiformis_DROS43T1_004.php
 
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  • #10
I agree with nidiformis.
 
  • #11
dang, nice call warren. i was royally stumped there til i saw your post!
 
  • #12
Very nice specimen....definitely NOT d. intermedia. As it has been said already, it is d. nidiformis (99,999%) :)|
 
  • #13
Very nice specimen....definitely NOT d. intermedia. As it has been said already, it is d. nidiformis (99,999%) :)|

I wonder how in the heck it got into a bog in Michigan, USA? :scratch:
 
  • #14
Hmmm-

Accidental introduction from a sphagnum collectors clothes or shoes? :0o::0o:
 
  • #15
Hmmm-

Accidental introduction from a sphagnum collectors clothes or shoes? :0o::0o:

OUCH! Gee.. thanks, but no. It's been there for at least 2 years. Considering it was there last year when I first stepped foot into the bog, which is when the seed was collected.
 
  • #16
Didn't say who, just postulated a theory of how not who??????

Wouldn't point a finger at anyone. Didn't mean to offend.
 
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