kisscool_38 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 (edited) I continue my reports with the first butterwort blooming during spring in France, Pinguicula alpina. Here are some pics showing variations in the yellow spots, depending on the stations they grow. Station 1: a single yellow spot: Station 2: the yellow spot is extending in two lines in direction of the medium lobe corners: Station 3: just starting to bloom: Station 4: a wide yellow spot in the middle and two points in the corners of the central lobe Station 5: the big spot is connected to two other points by two lines: Station 6: a single big yellow spot: Station 7: a single spot and the corolla lobes are very undulated: And me climbing up cliffs where Pinguicula alpina lives (here in the Vercors massif, France): As you can see, there are many variations in the shape of the yellow drawings. But, there is not a single yellow spot shape per station, there are two or three and one is dominant among the others. In addition, but I have to check that next year, teh yellow drawing seems to evolve with the age of the flower and every 'forms' of Pinguicula alpina, bearing distinct spot shapes seems to bloom at different moments. Hope you enjoyed Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) Beautiful report! I had no idea such variations existed! Are all those white flowers in the 2nd photo of P.alpina??? Thanks and congrats! Fernando Rivadavia Edited June 23, 2009 by Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Nice field report Aymeric - and great photo's too. Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 What Heather said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Allô Aymerid, not only a beautiful butterwort, also a great landscape! Merci pour les images magnifiques! If I´m not wrong someone of the German CPS (Valentin Schatz?) spotted P. alpina in the German Alps - also with different looking flowers. Some of the central lobes shew three yellow blotches - the typical one just in front of the "mouth" and one each on the left and right side below the centre blotch. Salut, Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelvW Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Very very nice. I really love Pinguicula, I do have P. alpina myself (seedlings) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Hi Aymeric, very nice pictures of different flower. I really like the big variation (nice reddish plant), nice landscape as well. Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) Thank you all! @ Fernando: on the 2nd photo (1rst site), the white flowers are infructescences of Eriophorium latifolium or E. gracile (I haven't identify which species it is). On the 4th pictures (2nd site), the little white flowers you can distinguish among the grasses are those of Pinguicula alpina Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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