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I recently went on a trip to Kauai to see Drosera anglica in the wild. D. anglica (also called mikinalo in Hawaii) grows in the highest elevation swamp in the world, the Alakai Swamp. There are no paved roads straight to Alakai swamp, and the only way to get there is a 4wd road and a 4-5 mile, two way strenuous hike. For 95% of the hike you are in wet, shady rain forest with giant ferns. Unfortunately, this environment is too dim for D. anglica to grow. After about a mile of the hike, you hit a boggish clearing where it seems as if anglica could grow. This spot is too low in elevation and too hot for anglica to grow. I scoured this spot for about forty minutes, no anglica . After about three more miles of various ups and downs, including a descent down 260 old broken slimy wooden stairs, and a slippery river crossing you hit the highest part of Alakai. This is where angilca lives. Truthfully, this is an awesome plant to see in the wild. They were small, (about 2-3 inches), vertical growing, bright red sundews. They grew on moss patches where weedy sedges somewhat sheltered them. Also, Alakai is one of the wettest spots on earth, so the dews were never dry.

They look cool


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Is mines a Hawaii form or not?


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fluffy123 wrote: Is mines a Hawaii form or not?


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fluffy123 wrote: Is mines a Hawaii form or not?


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The Hawaii form and the temperate form look extremely similar- did you grow those from seed? The HI form is much more rare in cultivation. If it goes dormant, it's not the HI form.

Very cool! I'd say I'm jealous but tbh there's no way I'd hike that much in those conditions

Wonderful post!
I have D. anglica Alakai Swamp HI, grown from ICPS seeds.
I just harvested some scapes and seed pods this week.
I'll let them dry for a week or two then pack them up.
Look for them to show up in our seed bank in a couple weeks.
Then some more of you can add this new species/variety to your collections.

I got this from tissue culture.


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jpappy789 wrote:Very cool! I'd say I'm jealous but tbh there's no way I'd hike that much in those conditions

Yeah, the hike was not fun. Near the end of the hike in I fell into the mud in a section of broken boardwalk and was muddy the whole hike back .

Shadowtski wrote:Wonderful post!
I have D. anglica Alakai Swamp HI, grown from ICPS seeds.
I just harvested some scapes and seed pods this week.
I'll let them dry for a week or two then pack them up.
Look for them to show up in our seed bank in a couple weeks.
Then some more of you can add this new species/variety to your collections.

Thanks! I would love to try my hand at seeds of this fantastic species!

fluffy123 wrote:I got this from tissue culture.


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It's probably the temperate form. Wait and see if it goes dormant.

Look at mine, it is shedding its leaves.


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My Drosera Anglica is a temperate form you know.


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