Drosera capensis bains rocket?

Drosera capensis bains rocket?#443591

By hollyhock -  Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:54 am
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:54 am #443591

I received these plants as drosera capensis Bains Rocket. I haven't found that this is an actual cultivar. However, it is a very upright grower and extremely long petioles with short traps on the ends. It's definitely unusual and different from any of my other capensis

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Re: Drosera capensis bains rocket?#443592

By Bluefire -  Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:56 am
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:56 am #443592

Looks a bit like a Joshua tree

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Re: Drosera capensis bains rocket?#443594

By ChefDean -  Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:12 am
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:12 am #443594

This is a post from the guy who "discovered" it. Unsure how it came to be, but seems to be sterile. This hints at a possible hybrid or cross between different ploids of Capes. Maybe it was simply mutated, but it grew from seed collected from the Bainskloof region.
Posts in other locations tell of even earlier references, back to 2008, but I can't find those.

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Re: Drosera capensis bains rocket?#443595

By hollyhock -  Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:29 am
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:29 am #443595

Thanks ChefDean that's very interesting. I received plant leaves to start mine. It hasn't ever flowered yet. So I'm curious now. Might be a while

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Re: Drosera capensis bains rocket?#448139

By hollyhock -  Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:45 pm
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- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:45 pm #448139

Update. I'm not sure those capensis doctor konig seeds will reproduce an upright capensis like these. But who knows. I'm going to take more leaf cuts to definitely keep this one going. It's not the biggest plant but does deserve upright " rocket " name.

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