Range: Badgingarra, north of Perth, Western Australia

 

A natural hybrid of D. allantostigma x omissa, this cross only occurs in the wild in a single location where it grows in clay-sand soils along the edges of winter-wet depressions. Plants reach nearly 2.5 cm in diameter, with flat rosettes of paddle-shaped leaves. Petioles are widest in the center and narrow toward the lamina, slightly elliptic in cross-section and moderately glandular across their surface. Lamina are obovate to spathulate in shape, narrowest at the petiole junction, and also sport tiny glands on the back surface. Coloration is typically green with red tentacles, sometimes with orange-red flushing in the lamina. Inflorescences are up to 10 cm tall and have a thin covering of small glands, and bear up to 12 blooms. Flowers are just over 1 cm across, with roughly wedge-shaped broad petals that are white with slightly pink-tinted midveins extending from center and bright red globular-shaped stigmas. This hybrid can be distinguished from most pygmy sundews by its spathulate lamina/tapered petioles, red stigmas, and specifically from the highly similar x pingellyensis by its overall larger proportions and range.

 

Cultivation: grow in a 2:1 sand/peat soil, kept moist to wet in winter and moderately humid with temperatures of 50-70°F. In summer temperatures may increase but drying out should be avoided to curb dormancy, which is difficult to break. Sow gemmae on soil surface, and grow in strong artificial light to full sun.

 

Lifespan and reproduction: short-lived perennial. Reproduces via gemmae only, and may possibly be propagated via leaf pullings.

Sources: Lowrie et al. (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 2. Redfern Natural History Publications.

https://www.carnivorousplants.org/cp/taxonomy/PygmyDrosera/pg5#Drosera%C3%97badgingarra