Genus: DROSERA
| A genus of over 100 species of sticky-leaved perrenials (and a few annuals,) distributed around the world in all climatic zones from the Arctic to sub-saharan Africa. Many are easily grown, and make excellent house plants if planted in peat:sand mix and stood in a saucer of rainwater on a sunny windowsill. |
D. spatulata forms :
| A pretty and easily-grown rosette-forming species with a number of often very different forms from different locations. Cultivation exactly as for temperate spp. listed above, except for dormancy which is not required. Self-seeds in the manner of D.aliciae (if anything even more aggressively!) Half-hardy, but best kept frost-free. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
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Form:
f. 'Ahipara'
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Distribution: Ahipara, N. Island, NZ |
| Delicate green rosettes with a yellowish sparkle, producing abundant small, white flowers on very long, slender, pale green scapes, reddening slightly after much sun. Certainly my favourite form. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Beerwah' | Distribution: Australia |
| Compact red rosettes. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Coromandel' | Distribution: Coromandel Ranges, NZ |
| White-flowering form with red-orange leaves more oar-shaped than spathulate. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Formosa' | Distribution: Taiwan |
| A small, red form, the fine, red, leaves spathulate, tending to cuneate, producing 1 or 2 delicate white flowers on short scapes. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Kansai' | Distribution: Australia |
| Probably the commonest form of this species producing 2-3 inch rosettes of green leaves with red tentacles and abundant pink flowers borne on long scapes. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Kanto' | Distribution: Australia |
| Similar to the Kansai form, but slightly smaller with shorter scapes |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Kopuatai' | Distribution: NZ |
| Another white-flowering form from New Zealand |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Lovellae' | Distribution: Australia |
| Strikingly crimson rosettes of typically spathulate leaves, with many white flowers produced on long scapes. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Form: f. 'Okinawa' | Distribution: Japan |
| Very similar to the Kansai form, but hairier and with darker green leaves. |
| Species: D. spatulata | Common Name: None |
| Subspecies: tokaiensis | Distribution: Indochina |
| More elongated leaves that are typically paddle-shaped rather than spathulate. A slightlier fussier plant than the previous forms, wanting higher humidity and less waterlogged soil. |
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