Hello,


I'm sure most of you must be craving for some more Indochinese Nepenthes pictures ( ) but being a naughty boy, I have decided to take a (very) short break with Nepenthes and I will delight you (I hope) with a nice field report of Drosera indica in east southern Cambodia. I found many of them in the town of Kampong Trach, near the Vietnamese border. I was desperately searching for the type location Nepenthes kampotiana that I did not found. Ah well, next time...

That sundew is fantastic and very elegant. It grows in seasonally inundated meadows along with many Utricularia, Drosera burmanii and sometimes with Nepenthes smilesii.

I found two different forms of Drosera indica growing together. A small vivid red one and the "usual" big green one. There was no intermediate form between the two of them.
























Dedicated to Daniel O and all the sundew lovers..

François.

Nice shots there François! Good to keep an eye open for other CPs besides Nepenthes. ;) It will be interesting to see how the DNA shakes out between these smaller red forms and the larger green forms of D. indica; they may turn out to be different species in this complex group. - Rich

Very nice and interesting. D.indica is one of my favorites.

Hi François ,

it´s a good decision to take a break with showing Nepenthes locations, little joke.

Very intersting location with 2 different forms of this very beautiful species, but i must say that i like more the smaller red form.
Really interesting that there are no intermediates.

Many thanks my friend for sharing these pictures.

Best regards,

Dani

Tres magnifique!

Very pretty - very big aswell - you can definatly see them in the landscape shots Thanks for the photos!

Amazing! I love it that the 2 forms are very clearly distinguishable. I can't wait for Allen Lowrie to sort this group out! :)

Thanks, Fernando Rivadavia