louchapate

louchapate

louchapate

louchapate

louchapates

dionaea 'Louchapates'

N: $[Dionaea ' Louchapates ' {R.Anfraix}]

P: Carniv.Pl.Newslett.33:100 (2004)

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S: =[Dionaea muscipula {Soland. ex Ellis}]

B: R.Anfraix, Lyon, FR, 2000

Nominant: R.Anfraix

Registrant: R.Anfraix, 13. 8. 2003

Translation: [Dionaea ' Noodle Ladle ' {R.Anfraix}] (English)

C: selected from a batch of [Dionaea ' Fused Tooth ' {P.D'Amato}] plants

HC: Registered 30. 12. 2004 {JS}

Description: Carniv.Pl.Newslett.33:100 (2004)

"Growing within this batch of plants was a small individual that differed from the others by a regular fusion of only a few spines into each of its teeth. The result was that each tooth was about 2 mm wide and was flattened in cross section, in contrast with the normal capillary nature of typical [Dionaea {L.}] plants. The tips of the teeth on this peculiar plant are often are multiply divided, revealing the fused nature of the teeth. The teeth are oriented normally, unlike the distorted positioning as is often observed with [Dionaea ' Fused Tooth ' {P.D'Amato}]. (...) Another peculiarity with [Dionaea ' Louchapates ' {R.Anfraix}] is exhibited near the apex of the trap, opposite the petiole. In normal specimens of [Dionaea {L.}], this region of the leaf lobe margins lacks spines. But in [Dionaea ' Louchapates ' {R.Anfraix}], marginal teeth are present on both lobes, all the way to the midpoint of the two lobe margins. This feature is also seen in [Dionaea ' Cupped Trap ' {S.Stewart}], although that cultivar also has trap that is cupped like a spoon. After three years of cultivation, [Dionaea ' Louchapates ' {R.Anfraix}] has undergone normal dormancies and has been propagated vegetatively. The progeny are showing the same features as the parent plant. This cultivar is not a member of the [Dionaea {L.}] Dentate Traps Group since its teeth originate from a fusion of multiple marginal spines, and are not short and triangular."

Standard: Carniv.Pl.Newslett.33:101 (2004)

Propagation: vegetative

Etymology: after the culinary tool of the same shape that is used for serving spaghetti noodles

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