Pygmy Drosera - Orchid Board

Subrosa · #1 04-10-2015, 08:02 PM

A couple pretty bug eaters. #1 Drosera roseana #2 Drosera scorpioides #3 Drosera omissa 'Pink Flower':

tarev · #2 04-10-2015, 08:06 PM

Oh! I like #1! Love the color!

TOMMYMIAMI · #3 04-10-2015, 10:50 PM

Cute little things!

Subrosa · #4 04-10-2015, 11:03 PM

Thanks Tommy! You know, in FL you could grow them outdoors year round......

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Btw, my camera technology and skills don't do these little guys justice, particularly the roseana. If the picture was a bit sharper it would be much easier to see that the green centers are full of immature gemmae. Gemmae are a means of asexual reproduction........

Paphluvr · #5 04-11-2015, 10:12 AM

Sundews are very cool plants. I've taken pictures of them here in Michigan growing on a quaking bog intersparced with rose pagonias. The same bog had Calapogon and (much later in the year) Spiranthese sp., also pitcher plants. Come to think of it, I haven't visited there in a while, might be a good idea for a late spring / early summer trip.

Subrosa · #6 04-11-2015, 12:03 PM

Considering none of my bog orchids have even broken ground here in SE PA you probably have a while to wait in MI before you see anything!

Paphluvr · #7 04-11-2015, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Subrosa

Considering none of my bog orchids have even broken ground here in SE PA you probably have a while to wait in MI before you see anything!

Yes, about two more months away. Within a couple of hundred yards from the quaking bog in the sphagnum bog are 4 more species of orchid (there may be more, that's all I've found and photographed the times I've been there).

The time I photographed the Drosera and Pogonias the mat was so permeable that by the time I got done setting up and taking the shot I had water coming over the top of my hiking boots.