taxonomy

Dear Fellow Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, I hope you all have had a very happy Christmas and New Year. I hope those who have order Pitcher Plants of the Americas enjoy their copies – all orders from Redfern Natural History Productions have been dispatched and the books should all arrive...

Hey everyone! My final examination week started today, and things are getting hectic. There is no doubt that my Biology Lab course is causing me the most stress. It consists of taxonomy attributes of all major phyla in each domain and the morphology of specific organisms we have...

Taxonomy perfectionists, would you please look over my growlist (see my sig), and kindly nitpick and correct any errors in taxonomy on my list? I'm sure I have some things listed as 'var.' that should be 'ssp.', etc. What IS the difference between variant and subspecies, anyway? When does a...

I have been growing haworthias for a while and here is my HAWORTHIA growlist(don't put this in growlist forum, it's about succulents) Does anyone else grow haworthias, and if so, what species/hybrids do you have. If you need one identified, I can do it. Many haworthias are mislabeled. The...

ok well i bought a sundew last spring that i thought was Drosera spathulata <span style='color:red'>[Edit: corrected D. spathulata to D. spatulata][For details, see: Plant Taxonomy]</span> but recently i read on a couple sites that sell them they have pink flowers, my sundew has white flowers...

I got a digital camera for my birthday, so I figured I'd take the opportunity to post some pics of my own dews. I would've gotten pics out sooner (Birthday in Nov.), but Richmond is so photogenic it isn't funny D. spatulata <span style='color:red'>[Edit: corrected D. Spathulata to D...

Hello to all, Does anyobody know the taxonomical differences between H.tatei type plants from Duida and the H.tatei f.macdonaldae also from Duida??? And what about H.tatei var.neblinae, how does this one supposedly differ, what characters identify it? I noticed in Jan Schlauer's CP database...

Yesterday brought an unlooked for copy of this book, signed by the author. It was sent by a friend in New Zealand as a gift, and he said "I knew you would be grateful for the book, but your email shows just how thoughtful, generous and committed you really are to the Drosera genus. " I feel...

Hey folks, finally got the camera situation straightened out so I can now shoot till my Li-ion battery needs to be recharged! Enjoy! All pictures were taken with an Olympus C-770 Ultrazoom. N. burbidgeae N. hamata (Malesiana clone) N. inermis N. lowii Mt. Kinabalu N. macrophylla N...

Here is the technique used by our W.E.I.R.D. (World Expert In Rosetted Drosera) Tamlin Dawnstar: ------------------------------------------- I sow the seeds by carefully rolling or tapping them off a folded sheet of white paper. Sow them on, not in, the medium. The seed must not be covered...

Hi, I've been looking for some litterature on Pinguiculalately, mostly scientific, regarding any aspects of their ecology, related taxonomy, etc and find them pretty hard to find ;). Only very one were found, mostly on ecology, but none on taxonomy or such works... Except the...

This plant looks so yummy right now I had to share this photo.  I love all the Petiolaris species, but have a real soft spot for this plant.  For those interested in taxonomy, this species can be distinguished by the very fine dendritic hairs on the petiole, and for the insertion of the lamina...

<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>For those of you more familiar with taxonomy, please let me know if this flower has the appropriate characteristics of a Drosera dilatatopetiolaris flower? I believe I had to take about 30 shots before I got this one that I like. </span>

Premise 1) Sundews are found on several continents. Premise 2) There are critters that occupy the same niche in different locations, with similar appendages but are not related. Premise 3) There are critters that are related but don't look similar and don't occupy the same niche (horseshoe crabs...

Don't bother reading this unless you have some care or concern about what you have in your collection as concerns it's true ID.  This is a long topic. Anyone growing material labelled Drosera "Sp. Chapada Diamantina" sold or distributed as a  valid species from Brasil  should be aware that...

I have recently received some questions over the veracity of my D. anglica CA X HI because of flower color.  I am not an expert on Drosera taxonomy, so I am going to have to defer to the experts here   . If someone would look at the pictures I have here D. anglica and comment, I would...

I have thousands of rosettes that must be cleaned of their gemmae to maintain the health of the plant.  Even unwanted gemmae may not be allowed to remain on the plant or it will suffocate the rosette.  In habitat, rains of the wet season do the job, but in collections you have to do the job. I...

It's flowering time for the pygmy species, and I know I sent out some unidentified coded material last season. We have managed to ID "C-1" and it worked out so nicely that I am starting another pinned discussion thread to help with any other ID problems. As I have mentioned, the taxonomy of...

Hello friends, I thought I'd share some pictures with you all. One is of my moranensis 'Kirkbright' flower and the other of two different varieties of P. lutea. The lutea were purchased from two different sources. I don't know their origin data. Anyone ever heard of different varieties of lutea...