epbb Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 A new postcard from Fernando Rivadavia just published : Postcard 12 with : Pinguicula immaculata, Pinguicula nivalis, Pinguicula reticulata, Pinguicula rotundiflora, Pinguicula moranensis, Pinguicula heterophylla and Utricularia livida. Here are some pictures: Pinguicula immaculata Pinguicula nivalis, a new species soon to be published by the famous Hans Luhrs Pinguicula reticulata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkfish Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 wow great close-up the flower is very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Salter Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I like the reticulata, very distinctive. where was this shot taken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 The P.reticulata is beautiful, a lovely flower on a lovely looking plant. Another addition to my wish list :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 The deeply veined flower of Pinguicula reticulata is superb. Not sure I've ever seen another ping with such a nice flower? Anybody have a spare baby?? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesiolino Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Great reportage as always... I hope to be lucky as you searching Pings near Rome this spring Fernando! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic brown Posted March 30, 2004 Report Share Posted March 30, 2004 Another great 'Postcard' thanks Fernando. The P. kondoi vs P. reticulata thing still has me a little confused. The text calls them P. kondoi and the pictures are labelled P. reticulata. I've read Hans Luhrs' paper in which he describes P. reticulata as synonymous with P. kondoi and seen Hans' photographs of this plant in the wild (the same as Fernando's), but have not yet had the opportunity of reading Jan Schlauer's original paper describing P. reticulata (I have it on request from the library, but I imagine its in Latin and German, so I'll struggle with it! :) ). Also, I haven't seen any pictures of plants labelled as either species which don't look to be the same thing. Han's seemed fairly confident that they were one and the same when we talked at Reading last year, a view shared by Stan Lampard. The variation in the flowers of P. moranensis from a single location is amazing, likewise that shown by P. esseriana/ehlersiae/jaumavensis in the previous postcard. The Utricularia livida pictures are the closest thing I've seen to the plant that is generally distributed under the name U. microcalyx, below is are pictures of my plant. Fernando, do you think it could be U. livida from Mexico as well? Keep up the hard work. Cheers Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Hey Vic, Utric taxonomy is a really tricky thing, I guess you'd have to check out the traps under a microscope to be sure... As for the P.reticulata/ kondoi mess, it's really up to you regarding which name to use. Basically, Hans and a few others feal that P.reticulata is a synonym of P.kondoi. But Jan Schlauer thinks that the holotype of P.kondoi represents a plant that has never entered cultivation and has never been found again. The worst part is that the type location of P.kondoi might be wrong, just like that of P.rotundiflora (which was published for Oaxaca, but was later discovered to be from Nuevo Leon state). So it's your choice. I personally tend to agree with Hans, although Jan is a more knowledgeable taxonomist than all of us put together... Take Care, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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