Drosera capensis Varieties and Hybrid

Drosera capensis 'Pink'

Back in the early spring (well, early for me), I bought a Drosera capensis 'Pink', which was advertised to be twice as large as regular capensis and a bright pink color. I don't have it under ideal conditions, but I can say that it's definitely bigger than ordinarily capensis and flushes with pink on older leaves.

Drosera capensis 'Pink'

I haven't managed to propagate it, yet, thanks to an accident with my leaf cutting tray (whoops!), but it has flowered for me - large, showy, pink flowers, and I have obtained quite a bit of seed, which I hope will germinate true to form. Even if the only reliable method of propagation is via leaf cuttings, I think this is a winning clone of D. capensis. It is much easier (if that's possible) to grow than regular capensis and is rather showy.

Drosera capensis 'Red'

So here's my sad D. capensis 'Red'. It's really the least happy of all my capensis varieties (regular, 'Pink', alba', 'Red'). It has very little red coloration, despite being next to the 'Pink' and has just kind of been languishing since flowering a few months ago. I did get some seed and will be starting those in the hopes of getting some more, better growing 'Red.'

Drosera capensis x spatulata

I've been following Hawken Carlton's hybridization of Drosera for quite a while now, and one of the few that I could definitely ID is a Drosera capensis x spatulata. It's a great (and sterile) hybrid that I really like. It flowers near constantly, but doesn't seed, which is a great blessing, since both the parents are notorious weeds in collections.