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Written by Matt
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Monday, 05 May 2008 12:27 |
Publication: German CPS (GFP) newsletter Das Taublatt, volume 51, pages 20-21, 2005
Registration Date: November 24, 2005
Breeder: A commercial breeder in the Netherlands, 1970s
Nominant: anonymous ex Marcus Erbacher & M.Stoeckl, Ahaus & Moenchengladbach, DE
Registrant: Marcus Erbacher & M. Stoeckl
Description:
Quoted from the ICPS database: "[Dionaea 'Holland Red' {M.Erbacher & M.Stoeckl}] grows like the nominate form. This plant follows the already described annual cycle. The plant starts in spring with the first set of prostrate leaves with short petioles, after flower these are followed by long petiolate mid-summer leaves, to form the last set of wider short petiolate winter leaves in late summer or autumn. The leaf rosette reaches a diameter of ca. 10 cm and individual traps may attain a size of up to ca. 3 cm. The red colouration of the leaves depends, however, strongly on light conditions. Only plants exposed to full sunlight colour more or less intensely red or red-brown. In winter the plants frequently get green leaf margins or even whole plant portions that do not receive sufficient light remain dark green. As soon as the plants are exposed to more intense sunlight, the colour begins to change to typical again."
Propagation: By seed or Vegetative reproduction
Etymology: After the location of the nursery that first made the plants available and after the coloration of the plants
Background: Dionaea muscipula 'Holland Red' was selected from a batch of thousands of plants sent to a commercial grower in Holland in the 1970s and became widely distributed thereafter. Dionaea 'Red Dragon' is a direct descendant of 'Holland Red' and it is likely that Dionaea 'Royal Red' is as well.
Photo Gallery: Dionaea 'Holland Red' Photo Gallery
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 June 2008 14:40 |
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