Drosera petiolaris complex

[pingman]

I thought all might enjoy seeing the many species in the petiolaris complex in one topic.

These are from my collection:

d. fulva

d. broomensis

d. caduca

d. kenneallyi

d. aff ordensis--narrow leaf

d. aff. ordensis--red traps

d. dilatato-petiolaris

d. falconeri

d. petiolaris

Enjoy!
Peter

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

very nice! im diggin that D. aff. ordensis red traps. what does "aff" mean?
alex

 

[FarmerDave]

i really like the falconeri and the broomensis

 

[Clint]

The falconeri with the dew shadows is awesome!

 

[pingman]

Quote[/b] ]very nice! im diggin that D. aff. ordensis red traps. what does "aff" mean?
alex

Alex, it is my understanding the aff. stands for affinis (latin word) which means "like". In other words these may not be the true species, in this case D. ordensis, but a species similar to it.
I have heard that until a taxonomist verifies the species it should retain the affinis word before the species!
Until then, there are many forms of these species which is all the more fascinating!
Peter.

 

[Gemini528]

Those are really good looking pictures! The D. Caduca is interesting. It doesn't look very much like a Drosera.

 

[Clint]

Quote[/b] (Gemini528 @ Sep. 23 2006,8:26)]Those are really good looking pictures! The D. Caduca is interesting. It doesn't look very much like a Drosera.

Not right now.

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

yea about that Ugly duckling...do you have any updated pics of it?
Alex

 

[Gemini528]

Guess we'll just wait and see. I've no idea how it's supposed to look like.