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Monster 2.0

A new chapter to the tale which started with the legendary cultivar ‘Dr. Frankensnyder’s Monster’ has begun. Stuart Taylor sent me this photo of his recently created ‘Ivan’s Paddle’ x ‘Dr. Frankensnyder’s Monster’. Fascinating little beauty.
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Origin Summary
Our monstrosity started as a sterile natural hybrid of D. intermedia x rotundifolia (Drosera x beleziana), found in New Jersey…

Links to cultivar descriptions:
https://cpn.carnivorousplants.org/CultivarDescriptions.php
 
Some updated photos, the plant is coming into flower now so I will be able to see how fertile the F1 seed will be
 

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Flowering; excellent. Congrats. I was unable to get the original Monster to flower. Your Monster hybrid may be slightly fertile, since both parents are partly D. rotundifolia. More likely to make seed if you use pollen from one of the parents, or from D. anglica.
 
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