Drosera humbertii

[BobZ]

The December 2005 issue of Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 34(4):100-105 has a fantastic article by Eric Schlosser, Notes on some little known carnivorous plants from Madagascar. Included in that article is a discussion about finding Drosera humbertii. I have scoured the Web for several years and have never found a photo of D. humbertii. Eric was kind enough to send me the photo below.

Another photo can be found in the CPN article.

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

I was just reading some of that article. Definitely a cool plant.

 

[Brian_W]

I saw the article and loved the photos. I like the super tall stems.

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

Yeah, me too. Very unique looking.

 

[Brian_W]

One of the things I found interesting about the article was the possibility that some of the very tall Drosera humbertii were growing since 1955.  I don't know how long Drosera live in the wild, but that seems pretty old.

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

it looks alot like D. Scorpidoes.

 

[jimscott]

At least it doesn't look like a D. Spatulata!

 

[Drosera36]

Has D. humbertii been introduced into cultivation?

-Ben

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

Quote[/b] (Brian_W @ Jan. 15 2006,1:18)]One of the things I found interesting about the article was the possibility that some of the very tall Drosera humbertii were growing since 1955.  I don't know how long Drosera live in the wild, but that seems pretty old.

I find that to be pretty incredible as far as Drosera age goes. I can't imagine my Drosera still being around in another 50 years!