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[kinabalufan]

On a short trip to Te anau and though to Milford Sound in Fiordland National park I took these photos.

Utricularia dichotoma growing on the shore of Lake Te anau in short turf vegetation

  

Utricularia dichotoma



Drosera spatulata growing on the edge of beach forest at the side of the road near "The Chasm" close to Milford Sound



Drosera spatulata "the Chasm"





Key summit bog and small tarn where Drosera arctaurii spatulata and stenopetala grow as well as Utricularia dichotoma (only one flower seen)



Drosera spatulata at Key summit (900m asl) The Main Devide



Drosera spatulata Key summit showing the red coloration that occurs in alpine areas  





Drosera arctaurii at Key summit this species was dieing back already for its winter dormancy



Drosera stenopetala at Gertrude saddle 850m asl showing the small leaves that grow at the end of the season and form a resting bud for the winter.

Edited by kinabalufan, 11 March 2012 - 01:23 AM.

[gardenofeden]

great to see, thank you

[Zlatokrt]

Great photos, thank you for sharing them.

[Martin Hingst]

Very nice pics - thanks for sharing! D. stenopetala is a very interesting species.

Regards

Martin

[Daniel O.]

Wow, indeed very nice pictures.
I really like them all.

Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,

Daniel

[kinabalufan]

Thank you all for the kind comments. Drosera stenopetala is a really strange Drosera I feel lucky that its endemic to New Zealand, it partly makes up for our our nearest neighbour  (Austrlaia) having so many,  many more species of amazing carnivorous plants.

[jimscott]

Like!

[kisscool_38]

Really nice! New Zealand landscape looks absolutely beautiful. And those sundews are also gorgeous.

Regards

Aymeric

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Nice pictures, these drosera and utricularia are amazing.

Thanks for sharing.

Edited by Carlos Rohrbacher, 24 April 2012 - 02:50 AM.