D. anglica CA X HI

[FrankenSnyder]

I am happy to announce my hybrid Drosera anglica California x Hawaii is now 25 years old. I love it! This morning I awoke to see an evil Brown Recluse Spider crawling on my bedroom ceiling. I caught the little monster and plan to feed it to my precious pet sundew tonight

 

[adnedarn]

Happy Birthday plant! I hope dessert is enjoyed and you are safe. lol
Is that particular plant that old? Or just the original cross?

 

[FrankenSnyder]

I made the original cross in 1998. The date 3.30.20 on the pictured recently photoed pot label is when I sowed the seed of that one. I lost count how many generations I have sown.

 

[FrankenSnyder]

A new generation flowering now. I've left it in the apple sauce cup in which I started it from seed. Still grew big.

 

[bluemax]

I really like this cross. Not only is it adaptable to many growing situations, being both semi-tropical and temperate, but it is just a nice and easy form of D. anglica. Many growers have never seen this species in the flesh and it is a pretty one.

 

[D_muscipula]

Damn that's impressive.

 

[FrankenSnyder]

Thanks. Be sure to get some good photos of the beauty if you see it in the wild. I had the adventure of a lifetime seeing the California parent. When I set out to find the plant I had only seen pictures. I was not then planning on breeding the plant. My goal was to collect a plant to cross with the Hawaiian, to test whether or not the HI was truly anglica. The CA proved to be very difficult to grow; I soon lost it. Fungus killed it while it was in dormancy.

 

[FrankenSnyder]

Like my sundew thicket? This is how my last pictured plant looks now. Still thriving in the same cup it was started from seed in two years ago.

 

[bluemax]

Those look great. I have typically sprouted seeds in one container and transferred them over to their final pot when they've gained some size but now I am learning that sprouting them in the own pot and growing them to maturity there can have advantages. You avoid any chance of transplant shock in the young plants. 'Seems especially true with harder to grow species.

 

[CpasMoi]

beautiful ! more pic of your charles darwin rotundifolia please

 

[FrankenSnyder]

Those look great. I have typically sprouted seeds in one container and transferred them over to their final pot when they've gained some size but now I am learning that sprouting them in the own pot and growing them to maturity there can have advantages. You avoid any chance of transplant shock in the young plants. 'Seems especially true with harder to grow species.

My D. anglica CA X HI has become my all-time favorite. Thanks for your endorsements and helping to spread it around. My fertile D. x obovata and manmade D. tokaiensis were greater accomplishments but I like my D. anglica CA X HI better. Looks just like the anglica I saw in the wild but far easier to cultivate. Such a treasure. Truly a Great Sundew.

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It's about time bluemax posted some photos!