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Can anyone confirm if these are D.capillaris {Boiling Springs NC} form?
Here's the plants:
https://ibb.co/gw59Sqy
https://ibb.co/ws3rcq6

And the seeds under Microscope:
https://ibb.co/60ctT8Y
https://ibb.co/K5PqNcZ

I'm no expert but those don't look quite like capillaris to me. More reminiscent of D. admirabilis in my mind, however I will eat my words if someone else more knowledgeable than me chimes in. Chef? Mike?

Patrick

By looking at the pictures of the seeds, they do not appear to be capillaris. From the pictures of I've seen, d. capillaris has seeds that are more rounded. https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about ... SeedImages

*note: I have never grown capillaris, and I am not an expert in sundews. There more experienced and knowledgeable members here. Listen to them.

Definitely not D. capillaris. Looks more like something from South Africa. D. venusta or D. natalensis is my guess.

I agree with @Nepenthes0260. Here's a pic of my half-grown Capi Boiling Springs. You can see they have a very different leaf shape from the plants in your pic.

Awe. Now I'm upset. Here I was touting I finally got a D.capillaris from NC which I have been looking for ages and ages. Such a disappointment I thought I finally had one

evenwind wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 4:28 pm I agree with @Nepenthes0260. Here's a pic of my half-grown Capi Boiling Springs. You can see they have a very different leaf shape from the plants in your pic.PC102575a.JPG

May I ask where you got your seed?

I got them on Ebay from a seller named "lokkit" last December. I just checked and he doesn't have any listed right now but you could certainly contact him to see when he might have them again. Also, you can contact me after the seedlings have a chance to grow some more and the weather gets warm again - I'm probably going to have a lot of extra plants in the Spring.

evenwind wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:34 pm I got them on Ebay from a seller named "lokkit" last December. I just checked and he doesn't have any listed right now but you could certainly contact him to see when he might have them again. Also, you can contact me after the seedlings have a chance to grow some more and the weather gets warm again - I'm probably going to have a lot of extra plants in the Spring.

That's actually who I got the seeds from. This is why I was debating if it was really D.capillaris or not because he is reputable!

Jonathan_ wrote:Awe. Now I'm upset. Here I was touting I finally got a D.capillaris from NC which I have been looking for ages and ages. Such a disappointment I thought I finally had one

PM me if you're after NC cap, I have some with location data from a private logging road in Brunswick Co., NC that I can sell.

That's really odd. Mine look a lot like other capi I'm growing but they're still seedlings and haven't reached their full size and shape. I see yours are old enough to flower but don't look all that much like my other flowering-size capis. I can only suggest you send both pics to lokkit and ask his opinion. Maybe all the differences can be put down to the differences in growing conditions?

Nepenthes0260 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:57 pm PM me if you're after NC cap, I have some with location data from a private logging road in Brunswick Co., NC that I can sell.

PM'D!