UtricSeb Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hello again, Here is the last CP I found while travelling around South America. Before going to Buenos Aires in Argentina, the last place for our trip, we went to Ushuaia, supposed to be the southernmost city in the world. While in Ushuaia we went for two days to the 'Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego', a very nice place with lots of nature and many trails for trekking and crossing the forests and peat bogs. One of the places we visited there was the 'Laguna Negra', one beautiful lagoon surrounded by peat bogs with lots of Sphagnum moss and also lots of plants of D.uniflora. Being the end of Spring in Argentina, there were still no flower stalks but all plants were actively growing with very nice red tentacles and lots of dew. Here are the pictures. National Park sign explaining what a peat bog is: A view of the bog and the black lagoon: Some plants of Drosera uniflora: A dense group of plants growing in the Sphagnum moss: Close up of some plants: Plants with captured prey: Hare's dump above a group of plants, a different kind of food for the plants :) Well, that is it. I hope you enjoy the pictures, Sebastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 One again, very nice pics!! The habitat is very similar to the one I saw S of Valdivia in central Chile in 2001. It was late January and there were some open flowers amongst mostly spent scapes. Seeds were not reallly ripe yet. Considering Usuaia is so much further south, maybe D.uniflora flowers a little later there, although this site was near sea level, correct? The one I saw was at ~900m. I was really bummed not to find any Pinguicula in Chile on that trip. P.chilensis had been seen growing near D.uniflora at that site I visited, but I couldn't find any. If I remember well, P.antarctica grows in Ushuaia, too bad you didn't see any there. Congrats, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hi Sebastian, Rare and beautiful plants . I've never seen them before in a colony!! Do they form a hibernicula during winter? Temperatures are really cold! http://www.worldweather.org/050/c00859.htm Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing them. Iggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hi Sebastian , and once again great pictures, really nice colony. What a pity that they have not been in flower. Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan P Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Another great selection of photographs Its really good to see that places like this still survive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 Hi Sebastian, thank you for sharing these very interesting pictures and the trip report! Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 I agree, spectacular photography! Also, yet another example of how the Drosera and Pinguicula seem to occupy very different areas, and seems to be either one or the other in these sites for some reason. - Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blt00123 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thank you very much for sharing these great pics!!!! I'm really crazy for those temperate drosera, your photos are really a gift for my eyes!!!! ciao!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megs Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 I certainly hope my D uniflora will germinate next spring! Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blt00123 Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Martin, your hope it's the same of mine: let's see if something will sprout also in my pots in the next months ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Thanks Sebastian - these are great shots! The park looks stunning. Cas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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