Fernando Rivadavia Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Hello to all, My friend Marcos Cardoso from Cuiabá (Mato Grosso state, western Brazil), has just returned from the northern Pantanal floodplain where he found a beautiful & rare species: U.poconensis. He'd seen it once before near Cuiabá, years ago, but this is the 1st time he photographs it. I've never been lucky enough to see U.poconensis in the wild and this is only the 2nd time I see pictures of this species. To say I'm happy would be a hell of an understatement! :) From these pics, I see that U.poconensis is very similar to the widespread & common U.hydrocarpa. Yet U.poconensis is overall larger and the flowers are lighter in color (white? maybe pinkish?) Marcos found U.poconensis growing in a man-made ditch, where dirt was scooped out to make a road. He waded into the water to get close to the mass of flowering plants he could see from the road, but stopped when it was knee deep due to all the alligators & pirana in those ditches, hehehe! See his pics below and enjoy! ;) Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Edited May 21, 2008 by Fernando Rivadavia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fischermans Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Bravo fantastic plant.Thanks for charing. Regards Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_flytrap_kid Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I think that's the most attractive aquatic utric' I've seen! Shame it's not in cultivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droseraguy Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Looks very healthy and study for an utric. Brave guy !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitor b. Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 A very beautiful species! Its flower is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Fernando, That is fantastic news! I see some Salvinia auriculata growing in there too! They seem to have some similarities to the U. aurea complex, perhaps even U. vulgaris macrorrhiza. - Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hi Fernanado, really great looking aquatic Utricularia , perhaps even the most beautiful i have ever seen. Nice pictures, thanks to Marcos. And thanks for sharing. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredders Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Great pics. It's so uncommon to see flowering aquatic Utrics, let alone such a rare one. Thanks for sharing. Cheers steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Hello everyone, I'm glad you guys are enjoying it! ;) Since some of you asked, Marcos sent e few more pics of alligators and a tapir he saw along this road (see pics below). In case you're wondering, Marcos is the one in the foreground, hahaha! :) By the way, this is the same road that I explored last year and found U.foliosa, U.hydrocarpa, U.breviscapa, and U.gibba: http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19862 My real goal on this trip was to find U.poconensis, which I had never seen (and not those weeds I did find, hahahaha). Marcos tells me he saw the U.poconensis on a side road from the main one, I passed very close to the site. Another goal on that drive was to see wild tapirs and jaguars, which I have also never seen in the wild... But didn't see any of these either. And now Marcos sends me both pics of U.poconensis AND a tapir, just standing there behind him, not even afraid apparently! Aaargh, I gotta go back! :) Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Another post that I have missed! Great pics, and unusual flower for an aquatic Utric! From a distance I would never have expected an Utricularia here, but a species somewhere in the Hydrocharitaceae perhaps. Mabe it imitates a flower of this family? Thanks and regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 superb! looks like a Ranunculus from a distance.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Certainly one of the prettiest flowers for an aquatic. May we see it in cultivation soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Hi Fernando, what a big alligator colony. Good that they are not very big, but big enough. Really interesting area with such nice CP´s and animals like tapirs and jaguars. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Hello, Wow! I "don't like" the flowers of aquatic Utrics, but for this species I would make an exception! It's really lovely! Regards, Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davion Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Gees, By-The-Looks of Those-Bladders that Thing Must-Grow an Inch per Day!!!??? >(*~*)< / >(*U^)< Either-'That' or People Have 'Big'-Hand Down in South-America!!!??? >(*U^)< It Would Be-Even 'Nicer if The 'White' of Those Utric-Flowers was Either Magenta-or-Blue!!!??? Certainly a Good-Plant to Use-as a Hybridizer I-Would-Think? U.-quelchii X poconensis Would-be Simply-'Magic'!!! >(*U^)< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Those last few photos were pretty scary... on a variety of levels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Hello, i am using this old thread to show some pictures i have taken of (at least i think) U. poconensis last year, while spending a few days in the Pantanal. We did not go there to find cps, but finding this plant was a nice change to all the caimans, birds and other very fascinating animals. Regards, Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Long Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks for sharing Christian, those are some beautiful looking plants and I hadn't seen the origin post from Fernando either so thank you both for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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