Drosera menziesii

[Mafate]

Not an orchid at all, but nice short lived flowers (few hours) of a tuberous Drosera from Western Australia: Drosera menziesii.

Hope you like it.

 

[DrLeslieEe]

Nice flower but cool leaves. Warm grower?

 

[Mafate]

Nice flower but cool leaves. Warm grower?

Thanks Leslie. No, cool grower, during winter. Tuberous Drosera species have rest period during summers. They will dry out and totally disappear in some weeks and their tubers will wait for new cool temperatures next autumn to grow again. However, no frost to keep them alive, or very little frost for short periods.

 

[tnyr5]

Yeah, these are not so easy to grow. They behave like European terrestrials.

 

[Ozpaph]

awesome photos!!!