The rare and critically endangered Drosera Katangensis
Posted Sep 10, 2022, 11:20 PM UTC
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It will be up to private collectors to preserve endemic species otherwise doomed for extinction due to the actions of humans. If you do manage to propagate, I too would like to participate in the preservation of this beautiful creature, and for the sake of preservation, I know that you will.
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Any chance I can get some seeds if it's self-pollenating?
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If it does, yeah. I'll need to see if I can coax it into flowering first.
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Did I say "for free"?
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Incredibly cool! I saw you mentioned that you are planning to propagate it and would also interested if any seeds or plants ever do become available!
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Of course. Ill reach out to the people in here first if I can propagate it.
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It looks pretty cool
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Any way they can just clone them and plant a bunch out there in the jungle?
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We can’t, but an institution like Kew or something probably could. However this species is threatened by logging, mining, and agriculture so
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If you get it happy and healthy and seeding, I would absolutely buy some seeds off you to help keep this species alive.
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I figured this has never really been seen in here before. Seems to be pretty much unknown, based on Google.
A new subject for my collection, the Drosera Katangensis, endemic to the Kibara Plateau, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a critically endangered plant and was only known for decades from a single collection from the 1910s. It was only rediscovered about 10 years ago.
Edit: whoops, rediscovered 2 years ago
Interesting how did you get one ?
The person who rediscovered it is in a private group I am in and asked if anyone wanted a sample as he had propagated some. As he had very few available and they have a tendency to die off completely when going into hibernation, I immediately jumped on the offer and threw my money at him.
I am planning on trying to propagate it in the future after giving it more time to establish some roots if you are interested.
Are they more difficult to propagate than more common species like capensis or spatulata? One bloom from my spatulata gave me a lifetime supply of seeds.
No idea. He said they haven't flowered yet, but leaf cuttings work.
Ha, I think a lot of people would be happy to take up keeping a plant like that alive in cultivation...
It looks a lot like madagascariensis to me, and I have a shit ton of those (and don't get me started on the pile of seed I've got from them), but I'd still make room to plant it if I had the chance!
You'll have to educate everyone on how to keep it happy though... You've got your work cut out for you!
Theyre probably related. I have it growing right next to my madagascariensis strains. Bright light. Heavy humidity. They look similar .
I 100% am I’m going to DM you
This is incredible! Please mark me down as interested if you are able to propagate!
Yeah I'm definitely interested too!
I would think everyone here would love one, haha
You know when you edit your comments you can delete old text so you can just erase 10 years and put 2
I'm too lazy to press backspace