UtricSeb Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hi, This past week I went looking for U.jamesoniana and happily found it. It was a nice experience I will write about soon but for now here is a picture for you all to enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 That is a stunning plant Sebastian. Like Tamlin says, I really hope you can get this form into cultivation and spread it around. Although the only way I'll ever see it is if the plant produces seed. I really look forward to reading your report. You are very lucky to see such a plant in situ. Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-Rah Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 *sigh* :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 Hi all.. Sean.. I am fortunate to see this but what about you? You live in CP heaven, its my most desired dream to ever have the oportunity to go to Australia in a CP safari. Please be patient, I don´t have a lot of time now,i think i will have to wait until next weekend for the trip report. But for now, this plant is not a lowland, i collected it at 1900 meters over sea level, but as i live at 1500 meters, i did not have to climb a lot. I a now aware of another population of U.jamesoniana growing at lower elevations, will try to go there in the near furutre. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 You're being impatient Tamlin!! Understandably though. I can't wait to hear about Sebastians trip and see some more photos. So how big is the flower Sebastian? Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Hehe, you´ve got me in the same situation before William, waiting for one of your plants to bloom just to see its picture on the forums I didn´t measure the flower but i think it was about 1 cm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Only 1 cm? I thought it looked a fair bit larger than that. I was imagining the flower was about an inch long at least. Goes to show how misleading photographs can be sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Still, it's a beautiful plant (one of the Orchidioides section?) - thanks for the photo! Is the site far from your home? Let us know if you ever get seeds! It would be a worthwhile introduction for cultivation I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 There's plenty of people who would kill to get seeds from this species. I'm one of them! Sebastian, are there any other species of CP that grow in Colombia that you will be looking for in the future? Do you know how many species are known to occur in Colombia? Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Well, it is not that far from my home (yes, it is from orchidioides section), just about 1:30 hours in car, and 30 minutes in boat as it lives in forests on the shores of a dam lake. I will let you know if i get seed Sean, I dont want to get killed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Sebastian, if you can get me some seed I'll spare you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob H Posted April 15, 2004 Report Share Posted April 15, 2004 Blimey you're a blood thirsty lot.....it is only a little flower (lol) tsk,tsk...boys. :-) When a more experienced person gets the seed, cultivates it and manages to keep it going lon enough...... can I 'ave sum? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Hello Tamlin, Sean and others.. finally here is the long waited field trip report. Hope you like it: http://www.carnivorasla.org/new/en/fieldtr...09-04-2004.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Thanks Sebastian for providing us with such a superb account of your trip. Your descriptions were so vivid I almost felt I was there. I would love to have the chance to visit any type of cloudforest and see the beautiful orchids and frogs such as the ones you described. Hopefully you will be able to keep the plants alive this time and spread them throughout the world. Congratulations on a job well done and an awesome webpage. I look forward to the details and photos of your next adventure. Regards, Sean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Hi Seb, I'd like to echo everything that Sean has said. Fantastic photos and fieldtrip account - many thanks for sharing it with us! And good luck with growing and introducing this species into cultivation, it's every bit as beautiful as an orchid! I look forward maybe to growing it one day myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 First, thank you all for your kind and nice comments. I did not have an altimeter but from my memory this place is at around 1900m of elevation, and is called "Represa de el Peñol". This place does not get completely dry during the dry season. There are occasional rains and the lake and forest provide a lot of humidity to the environment. I think it is best to keep the plant just slightly dry for the dormant season. Also to consider is that there are 2 dry seasons during the year. One from mid December to the start of April, the other from the start of July to the start of October. About temperatures, being at 1900m it is very likely there will be a good temperature drop at night going down to 15C at the coldest nighs. During the day, temps are around 25. This is what i think because i have not measured temps too. (I´ll have to buy one of those watches with thermometer and altimeter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byblis Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 Sebastian, very well done indeed! Great pics and description of your trip! Stefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter128 Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Dear Sebastian, Congratulations on your vivid description of your field trip. I have got a question for you though. Is that the same location of U. jamessoniana as the location you collected plants a couple of years ago. At that time we exchanged some plants and I got a very small sample of U. jamessoniana. Fortunately it is still alive and growing, although it has been tough at times. For me it is a very slow grower and picky at it's growing conditions. At the moment I grow it mainly under fluorescent light with high humidity. I have been trying to grow it in my greenhouse, but that was not very succesful and I was afraid of the low temperatures in winter. I have a link to a picture of my plant. Sorry for the poor quality, at the time of the picture taking I wasn't aware that I was out of focus. http://members.chello.nl/~p.houtkamp2/DSCF0001.JPG The picture is of december last year. The thing is that I tried to divide the plant a number of times, but I noticed that it reacts badly to that. It stops growing and sometimes is more dead than alive. The best result so far is not disturbing the plant at all for a long period of time and let it grow it's own way. Do you have that experience too?? Greetings, Peter Houtkamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesiolino Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Cool! Peter! I think that you are the only one that have this plant in cultivation. Be meticulous to annotate every tips of cultivation! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Hello Peter, its nice to hear back from you after all this time. First, if i remember well, i sent you this plant about 4 years ago, not 2 years so you have done a good job keeping it alive, and yes, it is from the same location. The times I have grown this species in the past, it grows moderately fast at first, filling the pot in about a year but dissapearing in the folowing year. I think it needs a good drop in temps at night (down to 15C) and two dry (sligthly humid) seasons during the year as there are two rainy and two dry seasons with occasional rains where this plant grows, each season lasting around 3 months. The plant must grow well in orchid medium topped with some milled sphagnum. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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