Paulo Minatel Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hello All, Finally, here is Part 2 But, before we go to what really matter, more pics of the non-carnivorous small beauties... hehehe Take a look on this wonderful Amarillydaceae And this Araceae And the lovely Vellozias 8-) They were lots of plants in flower, a surreal landscape... the perfect place to rest... But the stones was hurting me... hehehe And there is no time to rest when there are lots of CPs so near... Continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Growing in a great bog, that fortunately haven’t suffered with the fire, thousands of Drosera tomentosa var. tomentosa With a small frog Not only. Lots of Genlisea aurea was growing there too, but only a few was blooming... There was also Drosera communis Genlisea repens Continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 And Utrics! Utricularia hispida And some mutant Utricularia nana... But the great surprise was Drosera camporupestris. This species was described by Fernando Rivadavia in 2003. It differs from D. chrysolepis (probably, the sister-group) mainly by don’t forming a long stem and having very few functional leaves at the same time (usually never more than 3). The best of all, they were with flower buds: Some closes of the leaves Continues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Wonderful plants, but I was missing something… Yes, Drosera tentaculata. For those who never heard about this species, the mainly difference between this species from the others of montana complex are the big tentacles in the margin of the leaves. This species was also described by Fernando in 2003. They were very small and growing in the rocks in the margin of a small river. But I found another population, not far from this one, that was growing in a very dry place: Those plants were unrecognizable, at first I thought they were another species that is very related to this one and that I found before but I decided to show only in the end. The following pics are the first showed of this species, after the ones on Fernando’s homepage. This species is not described yet, it was discovered years ago by Shibata, a Japanese friend of Fernando. Without any doubt, this is one of the most beautiful Drosera. Growing with Drosera montana,... Drosera sp. "Shibata" And the best! It was flower time! More Closes of the rosetes This nice species grow in a sandy soil in very dry places, like D. montana. To finish... Enjoy! Best Regards, Paulo Minatel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hi Paulo, not sure who got hurt more - you or the poor vellozias Thanks again, beautiful pics ! Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 (edited) Well, it's quite relative... Hehehe... Thanks Martin! ;-) Best Regards, Paulo Minatel Edited November 19, 2007 by Paulo Minatel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacker Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Stunning scenery and wonderfull plants . a really interesting post ! Cheers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobZ Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Paulo, The file name on your photo you call G. repens is: http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/Pau...pygmaeacopy.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Hi Paolo, it seems that you are living in paradise there in Brazil. Really great pictures, incredible. The Vellozias field is very very nice. Most i like the Droseras, especially D. tentaculata/D. spec. ´Shibata´, but also the others. The flowers of the Drosera are really great, that isn´t often the case. How big are they? Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Yes, the flowers of the D. sp. "Shibata" seem quite large, or are the rosettes just really small? What are the sizes of each? Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Paulo, you really know how to make a field report thrilling! Starting with part 3 - a small foretaste -, waiting a day to go on with part 1 and keeping us on tenterhooks for another day to show us the grand final! You have shown us so many beautiful and exciting non-carnivorous plants that I considered giving up on these carnivores and grow Vellozias instead for example! But THEN I´ve come across Drosera sp. Shibata!!! LOVELY species...umm...do you have some seeds... I think I stick with carnivores! Hope you´ll soon show us some more fieldtrips! Regards, Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Wow! Great post ! Love thoses tomentosa shots! Thanks Paulo. François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxposwillo Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Nice! Great pics too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelljuhg Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Fantastic photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Hi Paulo, again many thanks for the great pictures. You are so lucky to have seen the plants in habitat! Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Paulo, You've done a great job sharing your experiences finding & documenting some incredible plants / locations. Your photographic skills are very impressive. Thank you for taking the time & effort to post all of this so we can also experience some of your country's wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtSpontini Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 WoW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted December 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 Hello all, Thanks for the very nice comments! Really sorry for the delay to answer! It was a very busy end of period at University! Daniel & Sean - that plants are really small. The size of the adult plants vary from 1 to 2 cm of diameter. But the flowers are quite big too, they size was about 1,5 cm of diameter. Bob - yes! Sorry! At first I thought it was G. pygmaea, but seeing the herbarium specimen I noticed it doesn't have any hair, so it is G. repens. Andreas - Thanks! Vellozias are quite lovely but D. sp. "Shibata" is invencible! Best Regards, Paulo Minatel Gonella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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