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Drosera prostratoscaposa

One of the striking features of D. prostratoscaposa is that it flowers very early in the growing season while the leaves are just emerging. Each plant can produce up to 4 flower scapes, each bearing up to 25 flowers. While the flowering proceeds the flower scapes bend down to the substrate level as the name of this species suggests.

The rosettes can reach up to about 8 cm in diameter and the leaves have a red to maroon colour. The rosette size increases during the growth cycle.
The tubers is orange.

The flowering with flowers lasting for several days while the leaves are still very immature and the prostrate nature of the flower stalks at the later stages of the flowering season are unique for this species. In contrast, D. bulbosa only produces single flowered scapes and D. macrophylla flowers while a basal rosette of leaves is formed.

tubers

tubers

tubers

Tubers of D. prostratoscaposa

 

 




emerging flower bud

plant starting to flower while the leaves are still emerging

flower

plant starting to flower while the leaves are still emerging

plant starting to flower while the leaves are still emerging

flowers

flowers

flowers

Inflorescence and flowers. The inflorescence emerges before the first leaves are visible. The flowers open for several days in a row.

 

 

emerging flower stalk, smaller plant

flowers

flowers

Update 2013/1014 season: the largest plant produces 3 flowers stalks.

 

 

emerging plant

plants in the middle of the growing season. Note the prostrate flower stalk of the upper plant

Leaves emerge while the plant is in flower and grow in size throughout the growing season. The inflorenscence bends downward at the end of the flowering period as you can see on the right hand photo.

 

 

plant

flower stalk with leaves

In the 2014/2015 growing season the plants demonstrated some unusual behaviour: some of the flower stalked had extra leaves on them and the plants continued to develop new rosettes throughout the season forming clumps of leaves.

 

 






 

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