tropicbreeze Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 On an 8 day bushwalking trip over the Arnhemland Plateau this past week I never ceased to be amazed by the huge carpets of flowering Utricularia fulva in many places. Needless to say, this is by far the most common Utricularia in the region. But no matter how many times you see them, it's always spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fischermans Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Amazing.Thanks for charing. :lookeye: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Wow... absolutely stunning. I would love to go bushwalking in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Wow! That's amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moof Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Unbelievable! The best habitat photos of this species I've seen. It's a beautiful plant, I never managed to get a flower on my specimens though! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebulon Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Nice, that's just incredible! I really have to go hitchiking in Australia sometime. Greetings, Jarkko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James O'Neill Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Spectacular photos of a very beautiful utric! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchasselblad74 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 UNBELEIVABLY BEAUTIFUL!!! Those flowers almost looks like a spray of Oncidium Orchids.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicbreeze Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Thanks for all the comments. There's quite a few people who when they first see these believe they're orchids. I saw probably about 5 species out there. Apart from fulva there were 2 completely yellow probably involvens and chrysantha. The others were blue, possibly arnhemica/leptorhyncha, just not sure yet. Will have to go back over the photos and study them a bit more closely. The blues didn't seem easy to photograph (or in reality, I'm just a lousey photographer ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 What a beautiful array of flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Spectacular! Thanks for sharing those really nice pics of a beautiful fieldtrip. Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 So many beautiful flowers... thank you for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Wow - fantastic shots ! Thanks for sharing - Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Xeno- Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Spectacular! I wish this species was more commonly available in Australia, ironic huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Spectacular! I wish this species was more commonly available in Australia, ironic huh? Unfortunately it is only uncommon in Australia because you could probably count on one hand the number of collectors interested in Utricularia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Spectacular! I wish this species was more commonly available in Australia, ironic huh? It's readily available in Europe, all from the same names location, so I guess only one portion has made it over so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Xeno- Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Yes, it is unfourtunate that there is so little interest in utrics in Aus, it's amazingly difficult to find any species for sale outside of Triffid Park's range. Mobile, I'm really quite jealous of the variety of plants you can get in Europe, it's much easier to get Australian plants over there than it is to get them here, not to mention all of the other plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Yes, it is unfourtunate that there is so little interest in utrics in Aus, it's amazingly difficult to find any species for sale outside of Triffid Park's range. Mobile, I'm really quite jealous of the variety of plants you can get in Europe, it's much easier to get Australian plants over there than it is to get them here, not to mention all of the other plants. Most of Triffid Parks are mislabelled anyway.... There is actually a great range of Australian CPs available here, you just need to know the right people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Beautiful pics of a beautiful and unique species!! I fell in love with U.fulva when visiting the N Territory for a few days in 1993, when I was lucky to see it growing at several spots. The unique flower colors came in many dazzling variations, different in each population. Wish more people posted pics of U.fulva in the wild, THANKS!! Best wishes, Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Resendiz Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 (edited) amazing photos ...Thanks for sharing Edited August 16, 2011 by Ruben Resendiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Nijman Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Very nice if you get those lovely plants and flowers in your depth of winter! Here we only get nasty cold weather then... Well I live at the wrong latitude anyway! Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco91 Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Amazing shots!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtSpontini Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Nice place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropicbreeze Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Thanks for all those comments everyone. Yes, it's all a question of latitude. Those photos were from around 13 degrees south, in July which is usually the coldest month. They're still flowering away now although not so many as it's been completely dry for the past 5 months. But when summer arrives they'll all be under flood water with no opportunity to flower until we're coming into winter again. Edited September 8, 2011 by tropicbreeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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