Flower power

[hcarlton]

Not too good a close-ups. The closer my camera gets to the plant, the blurrier the pic usually is. I'm lucky I got these shots. Howver I'm fairly certain this is dielsiana, especially after comparing pictures of the two species across multiple sources on the internet. D. natalensis always seems to have more elongate petioles, larger overall size, and a bit more tapering spoon lamina. I'll actually be receiving seeds of natalensis soon, so I'll be able to make comparisons. Plus, I've also read natalensis is the less common plant, with dielsiana often being mistaken the other way around.

 

[ace209]

D. Spatulata 'Fraser Island'

IMG_20130712_122123 by ace209er, on Flickr
D Filiformis Trayci

IMG_20130414_124226 by ace209er, on Flickr

 

[corky]

took a few morning flower pics,first my suspected spatulata and multifida drosera aliciae

 

[DJ57]

D. capensis wide leaf with two flowers open at once

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D. binata "Giant Staghorn"

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[Not a Number]

neo D. tokaiensis (man-made fertile)

 

[kulamauiman]

D. paradoxa hybrid

 

[kulamauiman]

B. lineflora

 

[bluemax]

I'm finding page 15 of this thread to be especially beautiful.

 

[Not a Number]

Drosera dichrosepala

 

[Not a Number]

D. cistiflora Pink flowers on the way

 

[bluemax]

D. cistiflora Pink flowers on the way

I'm looking forward to those!

 

[Not a Number]

Too early or too late

 

[bluemax]

You can certainly tell they are pink.

 

[Not a Number]

With the wind whipping things around it was fun trying to take pictures. Spray 'n pray as they say in the army.

D. cistiflora

The glands on the ovary look like tiny specs of untarnished copper to the naked eye in bright sunlight. The bluish tinge of the center color splash might not show up on your monitor. I calibrated the lens used to a Macbeth color checker in Photoshop and is pretty close to nature on my setup.

The various naughty bits before and after hand pollination with a paint brush

after

 

[hcarlton]

Great color! I have the purple form growing on, but nowhere near to flowers yet. The color is fantastic on yours though!

 

[bluemax]

Ahhh. I really like the contrast between the brilliant petals and the black centers.

 

[Not a Number]

D. helodes

 

[Not a Number]

Drosera echinoblastus - even though the second picture is a little blurry you can see the adaxial surface of the petals are more pastel colored.

 

[jimscott]

Beautiful orange flower! the one time I had D. echinoblastus it never flowered.

 

[Not a Number]

Did I send you some D. echinoblastus gemmae this winter?