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Is this call d.lanata? And this(left side) should be flower stalk right? Will it self pollinate & have seeds? Will it die after bloom? Thanks in advance

Yep, that looks like a D. aff. lanata. Definitely not the type form though. My guess is the common aff. lanata from Flying Fox Creek, NT.

Yes, that is a flower stalk. Unfortunately all petiolaris Drosera (with the possible exception of banskii and the other annual species) are self-incompatible, meaning they can not self pollinate. To make seed you need a genetically different individual.

Blooming generally doesn't hurt petiolaris dews, just make sure it's fed well and it will do fine.

Ok thanks for thr info, one more question please, can i do leaf pulling for this? Will it grow like D.paradox?

Leaf pullings rarely work on hairier petiolaris dews like Aff lanata, ordensis, derbyensis, etc. pullings mainly only work on falconeri and darwiniensis. Aff lanata doesn’t grow like the type form paradoxa, which grows a stem. Aff lanata will remain flat.

O ok, seems like no way to propagate it myself.. unless going into tissue culture(which is not my league) haha

Jasonic2007 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:59 pm O ok, seems like no way to propagate it myself.. unless going into tissue culture(which is not my league) haha

Division works really well. I have an army of Aff lanata from flying Fox creek (20, 25 adult plants?) from four plants I got less than a year ago.

Nepenthes0260 wrote:

Jasonic2007 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:59 pm O ok, seems like no way to propagate it myself.. unless going into tissue culture(which is not my league) haha

Division works really well. I have an army of Aff lanata from flying Fox creek (20, 25 adult plants?) from four plants I got less than a year ago.

ooooo ok thnx! i shall try division when i set up my 2nd terrarium

Yeah my aff. lanata is a trip. It went dormant a week after I received it. I cooked it outside over the summer and it divided into 3, I split and it divided into 3 more

Something interesting I noticed with these kinds of plants are if you pull off or damage a leaf, it has a tendency to grow an offshoot at the location of the trauma off the base. Decided to test it on a free plant I received and pulled at a couple on either side of the plant and got 2 "divisions" from a very immature plant (about 1.25 inches) It was something I had read somewhere. Won't say it's 100% though

Ah good information, i love this lantana, hope can get more & more for my terrarium expansion~