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Hello,

So I have a baby drosera growing underneath my d. filiformis, but (correct me if I'm wrong) it doesn't look at all like filiformis at all. It seems to have leaves large enough to tell possibly what kind of drosera it is. The leaves are erect and grow vertically and almost oval or tear-shaped at the end. Can anyone help me ID this? Thanks!

Looks like Drosera intermedia to me, possibly D. anglica.

Good growing,
Mike

Drosera identification is difficult. My guess is d.nidiformis or else I agree with Mike. Anyway bonus plants are great and when it's bigger identification becomes a little bit easier.

hollyhock wrote:Drosera identification is difficult. My guess is d.nidiformis or else I agree with Mike. Anyway bonus plants are great and when it's bigger identification becomes a little bit easier.

Yeah I was thinking it looked like nidiformis, but I wasn't sure. I probaly jumped the gun and thought it was big enough to tell, but I just got excited cause some nidiformis seeds I sowed couple months ago didn't germinate, and so I've been wanting a nidiformis since then!

Here my D. nidiformis to compare. It's bouncing back after flowering, repot, and dry spell. Lol

I donated some seed to the SeedBank if it ends up being a different species.


Mary

KStap18 wrote:Hello,

So I have a baby drosera growing underneath my d. filiformis, but (correct me if I'm wrong) it doesn't look at all like filiformis at all. It seems to have leaves large enough to tell possibly what kind of drosera it is. The leaves are erect and grow vertically and almost oval or tear-shaped at the end. Can anyone help me ID this? Thanks!

looks like intermedia to me

Here's my intermedia for comparison

Jeeper wrote:Here's my intermedia for comparison

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It does have the shape similar to your plant! Thanks everyone for the IDs!

Another random question, is it recommended that I try to separate them apart? It's really close to the base of the filiformis, so I'm not too sure if it would be too disturbing to either plant for transplanting.

Jeeper wrote:Here's my intermedia for comparison

IMG_20180719_070654498.jpg

Hey mine has a little second plant growing in a similar place

KStap18 wrote:Another random question, is it recommended that I try to separate them apart? It's really close to the base of the filiformis, so I'm not too sure if it would be too disturbing to either plant for transplanting.

no it's fine, you might not even need to transplant it seeing as drosera intermedia is a very small plant.

Hi there,

It's been a couple months now and I was just wondering that since my temperate d. intermediate have started forming hibernacula, this stowaway hasn't shown signs of that. Watching a video, I stumbled upon d. intermedia 'mt. Roraima" which is a tropical intermedia that forms long arms and has a spawning appearance.

Any thoughts?

I think it is D. nidiformis and not intermedia because the little hairs on the petiole of the leaves are longer than what I have seen in intermedia and look like nidiformis.

Also assuming it is D. nidiformis it should be fine to repot at any time of year as they have no dormancy and they seem to recover fast in my experience.