34 replies to this topic

[Sockhom]

What a fantastic thread Damien.
Thank you so much.
I have never seen pictures of those two late Drosera before! What a treat!

François.

[Fernando Rivadavia]

Really cool, thanks for that habitat shot!!!

As for D.bequaertii, hadn't we agreed that the plant you show above is most likely a hybrid? I thought one of those smaller plants you showed me was the true bequaertii...


Fernando

[Zlatokrt]

Just wow! Those sundews are so beautiful, thank you for sharing them!
Adam

[kisscool_38]

I second what Adam said: just wow! Those species are beautiful. Thank you for those rare pictures!

Regards

Aymeric

[rosolis76]

Hi everyone,

Thank youn for your comments. I am happy you enjoyed this topic!
Fernando, remember that the smaller plants on the picture I sent to you first were most likely young D.madagascariensis according to Andreas. In fact there were lot of adult from this species growing there and it was the only one around. Regardigd the D.bequaertii on the pic, it was growing with hybrids which are probably a mix of D.madagascariensis, D.bequaertii and D.spec.zambiana, so hard to be sure for now it is a "pure on". Andreas confirmed for another specimen with clearer caracteristics. I will take new pictures later of the habitat and the plants to show you this details...
Tomorrow, if everything is ok with work, I will continue to search for Genlisea pallida...

Regards,
Damien

[Alexander Nijman]

It would be interessting to know if their is any Aldrovanda vesiculosa growing in Angola.

Little is know about the African population anyway. Well only a view populations are well studied there as far as I know.

Alexander

[UtricSeb]

Wooow Damien, I have not visited the forums in a loong time but I am happy I did right now. What a fantastic work you are doing there, thanks a lot for sharing all the information and pictures.

I wish you good luck finding G.pallida and other interesting species.

Will be waiting for the updates!!

Best regards,

Sebastian

[Nicole]

Hello,

wow! Very nice pictures!
U. spiralis is amazing!!!

Best regards,
Nicole

[sundewmatt]

wow, what a great thread.  thanks, damien, i have wanted these plants since the 1980s!
matt

[rosolis76]

Hi dear growers,

Thanks a lot for all your comments!
Two weeks ago I get back to a bog in southern place of Bié where I was hopping to find Genlisea pallida. Unfortunatly, I didn't not found it even after hours of prospection. Whereas I was searching for G.pallida, I saw among the grass big blue/violet of another Genlisea species:G.africana. Here is a pic of the population:



A detail of the nice flower:



There was also lots of specimens of another species: Genlisea margaretae



I hope you enjoyed.

Best regards,
Damien

Edited by rosolis76, 14 August 2012 - 23:41 PM.

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Hi Damien.

Genlisea africana is a very beautiful species.

This african species lives only under water?

Thanks for sharing!

Edited by Carlos Rohrbacher, 16 August 2012 - 04:05 AM.

[rosolis76]

Hello,

Carlos, some Genlisea were growing under 2 or 3 mm of water but other were located in dryer places not submerged by water.

I came back in France 3 weeks ago now and I am still missing all these beautiful species I saw there ;-)

Here are some another pictures of Utricularia species I saw:

First a really nice form of U.livida growing with a D.madagascariensis (or D.congolana):



On this picture you can see a nice U.welwitschii growing on ferralitic soil:



This picture shows a U.prehensilis, sorry for the low quality:



On this last picture there is a strange Utricularia specimen which could be U.scandens:



I hope you enjoyed.

Regards,
Damien

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Thanks for your informations, and congratulations for these new discoveries.

[jimscott]

....and great finger prints as well!

[Christian]

Hi Damien,

thanks for the report! Those are some really nice Drosera :)

Christian