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Foxoftherose

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Three years ago, I picked up a sundew at Lowes on impulse. I ended up growing it in a terrarium with fir bark in the bottom (I know better now, don't worry.). Earlier this year, I decided to make a much more informed attempt at growing carnivorous plants, and transferred them into plastic pots with a LFS/peat moss/perlite blend, and they've perked up considerably. However, in the three months since I started educating myself on the taxonomy and cultivation of these plants, I haven't been able to come up with a positive ID on these.
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I'm sure I just haven't looked enough, but I figured I'd ask here anyways. I will get better pictures if quality is an issue. Thanks for looking!
 
Quite possibly adelae especially if they were from a death cube.
 
That looks like the young version of D. adelae.
 
Don't know why I didn't think of that. Thanks you guys! These will be up for trade once they get a little larger, if anyone wants one.
 
Here's are examples:

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I didn't know that they would spread at that level of maturity- I started out with one, but now, three years later, I have eight. Also, they curl lengthwise when they're fed. They have the same growth form as D. glabripes, do you think that might be a possibility? I almost hope that they're D. adelae, though, since they're my favorites.
 
Most of the D. glabripes in the US is actually a natural hybrid of D. glapripes and D. aliciae - D. ×corinthiaca. D. glapripes forms a stem like D. drosera madagascariensis

My D. glabripes is about 30 cm tall now (old photo):
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This is D. ×corinthiaca
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Over the past week or so, three new seedlings have cropped up in the one pot of mystery sundews. I'll edit this post with pictures later this week.
 
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maybe you damaged the roots transplanting and got root cuttings
 
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I didn't know that they would spread at that level of maturity- I started out with one, but now, three years later, I have eight. Also, they curl lengthwise when they're fed. They have the same growth form as D. glabripes, do you think that might be a possibility? I almost hope that they're D. adelae, though, since they're my favorites.

D. glabripes from a Lowes is extremely, extremely unlikely.

The new plants are probably not seedlings (unless you had a flower that you didn't mention,) and Mickey is probably right-on that they are offshoots from the roots. This further supports the guess that it's D. adelae, since they tend to produce tons of offshoots.
 
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