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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Michael on March 29, 2009, 01:59:29 PM

Title: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Michael on March 29, 2009, 01:59:29 PM: Cephalotus follicularis, endemic from Australia and related to our well known Saxifraga :D
Title: Re: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Michael on March 29, 2009, 02:00:21 PM: Another clone
Title: Re: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Michael on March 29, 2009, 02:03:23 PM: Heliamphora chimatensis
Title: Re: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Michael on March 29, 2009, 02:04:42 PM: Heliamphora folliculata
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Post by: Michael on March 29, 2009, 02:06:07 PM: Nepenthes northiana x maxima
Title: Re: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 31, 2009, 02:57:10 AM: Quote from: Michael on March 29, 2009, 01:59:29 PM
Cephalotus follicularis, endemic from Australia and related to our well known Saxifraga :D

This is related to Saxifraga??? ???
Title: Re: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Paul T on March 31, 2009, 06:24:41 AM: The Albany Pitcher Plant (Cephalotus) is one I would dearly love to grow, but have managed to kill it twice before. I don't want any more of them to suffer. Aren't Pitcher plants (and Sundews, and any other carnivorous plants for that matter) just the coolest things!!?? ;D
Title: Re: Some carnivorous :)
Post by: Michael on March 31, 2009, 06:08:07 PM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 31, 2009, 02:57:10 AM
Quote from: Michael on March 29, 2009, 01:59:29 PM
Cephalotus follicularis, endemic from Australia and related to our well known Saxifraga :D

This is related to Saxifraga??? ???

Yes Lesley, in one of the carnivorous plant books that i have red, they mention that its closest related are Saxifragaceae. But recently they moved Cephalotus to the order Oxalidales...

Anyway, if you forget the carnivorous leaves appearance, you can easily see the resemblance with a saxifraga:

On this picture you can see that Cephalotus forms a basal rosette of alternate leaves, and the spiral growing habit is similar to most Saxifrages:

http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/cephalotus/cfoll03.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/CephalotusFollicularis2.JPG

And here you have the flowers. The inflorescence type and flower morphology is also very similar.

http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/cephalotus/cfoll01.jpg

Besides this Cephalotus also put out runner-like stolons. IT is so distinct that it has it's own family (Cephalotaceae) with only one species (C. follicularis).
I am no taxonomist, but if we keep going back, and try to find it's closer genera, then i guess saxifrages would be one of the best contenders ;)

Paul, i still think you should not give up! The plants you grew were potted when you received them, or bare root?

Yes, Droseras are also impressive. Lucky you, that the Petiolaris complex is almost totally Australian. It contains my favourite species of all Drosera! I also like the pygmy types :D