Paulo Minatel Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Hello all, Last 7th June I went to a field trip with the great CPers Fernando Rivadavia, Nílber Silva and Rodolfo Palis. I've visited this region before last January and saw lots of interesting species: Expedition to Minas Gerais State. We were very lucky to see some species this time as in the dry winter many species disappear, specially the Utrics and Genls as its difficult to note them without flowers. The first we saw was Utricularia nervosa Other species that is very difficult to see during winter months is Drosera hirtella var. lutescens, as it usualy lost its leaves and survive with the root's reserves during this period. We were very lucky to see them. Drosera communis is an exception. As it grows in ever wet places, it can be seen all year round. In another place, far from the first, we saw some other species. Lots of D. communis This is the plants we saw in the begining of the year and called D. sp. "incommunis". Now, in the winter, it almost can't be distinguished from the "typical" D. communis We also saw the amazing Drosera grantsaui growing in this site Here, with D. sp. "incommunis" (Right) Alone We also saw Genlisea repens And Utricularia tricolor Returning to the car, we had a surprise! A rattlesnake (we call it "cascavel" or Crotalus durissus ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted September 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 In the last site we esplored (a typical CP place, with some Mauritia flexuosa palm), far away from the other two, we saw some nice Drosera communis And Utricularia laxa And finally a pic of us with Rodolfo's plants in the back (left to right: Rodolfo, Nílber, me and Fernando) Hope you liked it! PS.: the pics without my signature were taken by Fernando. Best Regards, Paulo Minatel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxposwillo Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 WOW!!! I wish I could go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chug Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Great pictures and snake. :) Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Hi Paulo, many thanks for sharing this pictures with us! I must go to Brazil someday ;) Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Great shots!!! This remembers to me that I need photograph Genlisea in habitat My best regards. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fleischmann Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 (edited) Dear Paulo, Beautiful photographs and thanks for sharing your travel report! At first I thought the plant in the first photo might be U. flaccida instead of U. nervosa (as the spur is not visible that well in the photo and the lower lip in this one is unusually well 3-lobed for U. nervosa). But I have seen some additional photos on the Brazilian CP forum, where the spur is clearly visible. Too bad, no further distribution range for U. flaccida ;). BTW, in the discussion of U. flaccida in Peter Taylor's monograph, there seems to one of the very few typos in this excellent book. "U. nervosa" in the last sentence should read "U. flaccida". Maybe this is the reason for confusion? ;) ;) All the best, Andreas Edited September 23, 2007 by Andreas Fleischmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted September 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Hello, Thanks all for the very nice comments! Andreas - Thanks! You are right, that flowers doesn't have a short and truncate spur (characteristics of U. flaccida), but a long and acute spur, as you can see in this pic by Fernando of the same plant: BTW, in the discussion of U. flaccida in Peter Taylor's monograph, there seems to one of the very few typos in this excellent book. "U. nervosa" in the last sentence should read "U. flaccida". I haven't seen that! Readily corrected! As Taylor assume, this two species aren't so easy to distinguish (despite of the very characteristic spur), but, seeing hebarium specimens of U. flaccida I noticed that the flower stalk with all the flowers turned to one side (not a "zigzag" pattern, like in U. nervosa) is present in all of them. Maybe a good taxonomic characteristic? Best Regards, Paulo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khelljuhg Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Lovely photos! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Very nice photos, Paulo! One question concerning the u. tricolor - do the Flower stalks get any grip by the grasses or do they stand totally free? Thanks Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted November 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Thanks, Khelljuhg! Martin - The flower stalk of U. tricolor was using the grasses as a support, but without grip on it. Best Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Hi Paulo, useful information to me. I was thinking what might cause the flower stalks to abort so often in culture. This year I had (after years) some open flowers, but only on the three stalks that made it through the covering chicken wire, where they got some support (no grip). The other 30 or 40 all aborted. Maybe one reason, among others. Thanks Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Minatel Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Hi Martin, It's really hard to make U. tricolor bloom in culture, but it's also very hard to find this plant with flowers in the wild... It's only a hypothesis, but (according to Fernando) the aborted flower stalks must be a way to make extra photosynthesis, as it is a way to get as higher as the grasses and to expand the green area... My plants never produced flowers, only aborted stalks. I'll put a support for them and hope it works. Best Regards, Paulo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Hi Paulo, just to make sure I got it right: do the stalks abort that often in habitat, too, or are the flowers just hard to find? If you have some succes withe the support of the stalks, please let me know. For me the season is already over, can try this out not before next year. Thanks and regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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