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found this ingrown flower just hanging out next to the D. spatulata leaves

What, wow haha! I have on occasion had some of my flower stalks wrap circles around the plants before, instead of growing upright, keeping the flowers close to the plant itself. They look very similar to how yours looks in that pic. Definitely is a neat little sight to see

Fishman wrote:What, wow haha! I have on occasion had some of my flower stalks wrap circles around the plants before, instead of growing upright, keeping the flowers close to the plant itself. They look very similar to how yours looks in that pic. Definitely is a neat little sight to see

Very cool. I definitely did not expect to see a flower there. It was a nice surprise

Great pic! I've had them twist up and be inches away, but that's just cool. Nice looking plant too, there's what 3 or 4 growth points?

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boarderlib wrote:Great pic! I've had them twist up and be inches away, but that's just cool. Nice looking plant too, there's what 3 or 4 growth points?

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Thanks! Yup there are four growth points on this one. Looks like the smallest one failed at getting its stalk out there.

It would be cool if drosera flowers grew like this more often (probably wouldn't benefit the plants lol)

My Drosera capensis "Bain's Kloof" sent up a second flower stalk and it was very similar to your picture. I haven't jumped in, cut it off, and seen if it produced any seed from this second stalk.

Good growing,
Mike

It happened to me when I had mites and aphids infestation. Most of them went for the upper part of the flower stalk which made it swirl this way.

Flowers managed to set seeds normally.

Shadowtski wrote:My Drosera capensis "Bain's Kloof" sent up a second flower stalk and it was very similar to your picture. I haven't jumped in, cut it off, and seen if it produced any seed from this second stalk.

Good growing,
Mike

Im not too worried about the spatulata seed, by far the weediest in my collection I usually cut the flower stalks but I left this one in because it is a nice anomaly.

Tarzanus wrote:It happened to me when I had mites and aphids infestation. Most of them went for the upper part of the flower stalk which made it swirl this way.

Flowers managed to set seeds normally.

No mites or aphids on this plant, majority of my drosera are grown indoors, thanks for the heads up though