Fernando Rivadavia Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 (edited) Hello to all, Nigel reminded me I'd promised to post some mroe pics from S.Africa. I've still got loads more to post here, some day... :) So here's the large D.trinervia from the Cederberg Mts, a few hours N of Cape Town. It forms large rosettes with long leaves and the flowers are usually pink-lilac, although there are also some white ones. They grow very abundantly all over, together with other CPs such as D.cistiflora var.'Eitz', D.alba, U.bisquamata, & Roridula dentata. Debbert has published this form as D.afra. Here's a view of part of the area we hiked around: They were everywhere! Sometimes the rosettes were a deep wine red (pics by Andreas F.): And sometimes greener: Here's a really large one (pic by Andreas F.): Here are some pink ones (right) near some white ones (left): Flowers were very variable in color & shape of petals and in color/ shape of styles (2nd pic by Andreas F.): Best wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Edited December 26, 2007 by Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundewmatt Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 more pics, more pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hi Fernando, a pollinator in action, really great shot from Andreas. The soil in most of the pictures seems to be very dry. So D. afra is nothing else than a big D. trinervia, is this correct? Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hello Daniel, It's a big D.trinervia with (usually) pink flowers. And there was something about the styles or seeds that was different, I don't remember. It is really very different from regular D.trinervia.... but it's a bit difficult to deal with the intermediate plants. I'm not sure if this is a good species or not. Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel H-C Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 What a wonderful early Christmas present it is to see these habitat shots. I'm hoping my D. afra flowers this year, and is the same colour as the dark flowered form which is quite stunning. Thanks again Fernando and like many wait in eager anticipation for the next instalment! Nigel H-C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelljuhg Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 Lovely photos! It is interesting that the flowers are so variable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fleischmann Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hey Fernando, It's great to see some of my photos here as well ;) This saves me from the work of sorting out a "best of" selection and posting it here ;) I'm awefully sorry, but could you please remove the pollinator snap-shot again? Not that I wanted to prevent you from seeing it. I was just writing a little article on South African Drosera pollination (mainly on members of the D. cisitflora complex) for a South African journal of plant ecology. Fernando, I'll send you the manuscript as soon as I have finished it, as you're co-author ;). But this journal demands the guarantee that all photos published there are exclusively published in their issue. I hope you can all understand, we can provide reprints of the article (with loads of aditional information) later on. Daniel, the degree of style divisions and the size and shape of the leaves (longer petiole in D. afra) were Debbert's main reasons to seperate this plant as a different species. He claimes stipules for D. afra, too, but this is a hoax! All the best, Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 Fantastic field report! That's fascinating! Thanks Fernando and Andreas. François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Ooops! Sorry Andreas, I've removed it already! Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Beautiful sundews, thanks Fernando! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cristianoblank Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Tanks... ferndando for sharing photos of this so interesting place... I have a doubt in second, fifth and seventh image... the place was always dry, or at times of the year he is humid or flooded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Olá Cristiano! This region of S.Africa gets rain in the winter and is extremely dry in the summer. D.trinervia & several other species go dormant in spring and then regrow from the roots in the fall. Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cristianoblank Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Tanks Fernando for the explanations... Regards... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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