Drosera indica in Kampong Trach, Cambodge

[sockhom]

Hello,


I'm sure most of you must be craving for some more Indochinese Nepenthes pictures ( :sarcastic_hand: ) but being a naughty boy, I have decided to take a (very) short break with Nepenthes and I will delight you (I hope) with a nice field report of Drosera indica in east southern Cambodia. I found many of them in the town of Kampong Trach, near the Vietnamese border. I was desperately searching for the type location Nepenthes kampotiana that I did not found. Ah well, next time...

That sundew is fantastic and very elegant. It grows in seasonally inundated meadows along with many Utricularia, Drosera burmanii and sometimes with Nepenthes smilesii.

I found two different forms of Drosera indica growing together. A small vivid red one and the "usual" big green one. There was no intermediate form between the two of them.
























Dedicated to Daniel O and all the sundew lovers..

François.

[Brian Barnes]

Hey Socky,

Excellent!

Both green and red Drosera indica forms growing together...gorgeous!
Did you notice what appeared to be hybrids present? They would have probably had a weird, "orangish" glow if so.

Happy Growing,

Brian.

[sockhom]

Aug 24, 2009 4:44:40 GMT -5 Brian Barnes said:

Hey Socky,
Did you notice what appeared to be hybrids present? They would have probably had a weird, "orangish" glow if so.

Happy Growing,

Brian.

Dear Brian,

There was no intermediate or hybrid between the two "forms" of D. indica. I'm 100% shure about that. Trust me, I searched after these "orangish glow" things ;D .
What is odd is that the small red ones were sometimes flowering (5-6 cm high). I did found some small green ones - seedlings- but the green ones were only flowering when they were as at least 20 cm high.
Interesting, eh?

François.

[rsivertsen]

I'm pretty sure they will shake out as totally different species within this group just like all the species in the Petiolaris Group; similar, but totally different species; some may hybridize, others may not, and most likely, their hybrids will turn out to be sterile. - Rich