Drosera x badgerupii in flower!

Drosera x badgerupii

Back in November, when winter was just beginning to come in full swing here n the very northern reaches of the lower 48, I traded for some gemmae. Among those were gemmae labeled Drosera "Lake Badgerup." Subsequently, I learned from Allen Lowrie's Magnum Opus that this plant is no known as Drosera x badgerupii.

Drosera x badgerupii flower

When I received the gemmae, they were frozen solid. I assumed that they had all died. As you can see, that was not the case. Instead, all the handful of gemmae germinated and now I have a small pot of D. x badgerupii. (I also learned that the tank these plants are in is ideal for pygmy Drosera, but that was about it).

Drosera x badgerupii

There is quite a bit of misconception about D. x badgerupii in the world of carnivorous plant cultivation. As the "x" denotes, D. x badgerupii is a hybrid, but it is not a hybrid between Drosera patens and Drosera occidentalis, as is commonly reported. It is actually a hybrid between Drosera patens and Drosera micra. Of course, being a pygmy Drosera, it reproduces most readily from gemmae, so it is of little surprise that it was found only near one parent (Drosera patens). (It was also originally found at Lake Jandabup, not Lake Badgerup, and, currently, only one location (not near the lake) is still in existence).