As some of you may be aware a friend and I have been looking into the situation of upright Drosera growing in Victoria (Australia). After a lot of field work we have finaly realised that the "new species" we discoverd simply turned out to be D. peltata, but the plant we (and everyone else it seems) had always taken for granted as D. peltata is actualy D. foliosa.
D. foliosa is a species that was discarded some time ago but seems to be alive and kicking as a distinct species from D. peltata. If only we had red some old descriptions we would have saved a lot of late nights!!
As I said D. foliosa is NOT a form of D. peltata, if it is you have to completely redescribe what constitutes a species as both these plants coexist, look different and do not hybridise. It looks like they did know what they were on about all those years ago.
One more plant to add to your collections
George
D. foliosa is a species that was discarded some time ago but seems to be alive and kicking as a distinct species from D. peltata. If only we had red some old descriptions we would have saved a lot of late nights!!
As I said D. foliosa is NOT a form of D. peltata, if it is you have to completely redescribe what constitutes a species as both these plants coexist, look different and do not hybridise. It looks like they did know what they were on about all those years ago.
One more plant to add to your collections
George