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Serra do Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Dec2010)


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Hello to all.

Last December I went to the Serra do Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais State, in Southwestern Brazil.

Some of you may know Serra do Ibitipoca from the most common Drosera villosa location in cultivation.

It was not the best time to travel as December is one of the rainiest months of the year in this region of Brazil.

Even the parrot was complaining:

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We arrived there in the middle of the afternoon and, as it was raining, we didn’t had time to make a proper exploration that Day. Nevertheless, I did found some interesting things around the accommodation.

One of the most beautiful spectacles was the flowers of the cacti (Arthrocereus melanurus ssp. magnus – thaks to Adilson Peres for the ID) full of bees:

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As well as the beautiful orchids, such as this Cattleya flavasulina (thanks to Adilson again):

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The first CPs - Drosera montana

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Utricularia subulata

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And a few Drosera villosa

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The “Ponte de Pedra” (‘Stone Bridge’)

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And the river that flows under the ‘Stone Bridge’

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Near there, some Drosera communis

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And Utricularia nana

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In the next day, with a better weather, it was possible to explore better the Park.

Eriocaulaceae

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Barbacenia flava - Velloziaceae

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Lots of Drosera montana! They were everywhere! Never saw so many before!

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Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata was there as well:

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Both growing side by side:

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Other interesting thing on that Day:

Mushroom

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orchids

Pleurothallis sp. (Acianthera sp.)

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Oncidium warmingii (ID by Adilson) – they were everywhere

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Oncidium donianum (ID by Adilson) – growing everywhere as well

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I also found a hybrid between them

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Returning to the accommodation, I found some Drosera villosa growing on the rocks in the margin of the river: IMG_0749.JPG

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And more orchids

Pleurothallis (Acianthera) teres

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Color variation

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In the next day, we explored the highest parts of the Park, the Lombada and the Pião’s Peaks.

bromeliad - Vriesea sp.

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Drosera montana everywhere, again

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trail

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Oncidium gracilis

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In the highest areas of the Lombada Peak, Drosera villosa was forming huge populations

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with Sphagnum

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Lots!

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With the cloudy day, I saw no open flowers there...

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More plants

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Zygopetalum sp.

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And a surprise!

Hybrids between Drosera villosa and Drosera tomentosa!

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Little monsters

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Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata was also very common there:

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As it was not the flowering period of this species, only a few was starting to produce flower stalks

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A beautiful Vriesea sp.

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In a lower area, Drosera tomentosa became much more common… MUCH more!

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Utricularia laciniata

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As the weather was much better down there, I could also find an open D. villosa flower!

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Look the size of this monster! 

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Vilous, as the name says...

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A Mandevilla sp. (Apocynaceae) – one of my favourite plants from the ‘campos rupestres’

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A small hummingbird!

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We passed next to a nice waterfall

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And entered in the Gruta dos Viajantes (“Travelers’ Cave”)

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Near there, more orchids:

Dichaea sp.

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Water dripping

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Some lichens

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Bromeliad - Canistrum sp. (?)

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And a native falcon called ‘carcará’

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Finishing the day, the moon on its not-so-natural habitat, the blue background:

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As we explored almost everything in the previous day, very little left to explore in the next day… but I did found lots of interesting plants.

First, the bird fighting with the rearview mirror. 

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Growing in a wet slope with Sphagnum, Genlisea violacea

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A plant with darker flowers

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other

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Normal ones

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All of them

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The same river of the photo of the begging of the post.

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And the Stone Bridge from another angle

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View of the surroundings of the Park

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A bromeliad, Pitcairnia sp.

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Utricularia hispida

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Utricularia tricolor

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I saw many leaves of Utricularia reniformis, but no flowers at all...

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I was almost giving up when...

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Hahaha!

But I did found a real one! Unfortunately the plant was in a very difficult place to get with the camera, but I could not leave without a photo: IMG_1365.JPG

Utricularia pubescens was growing in almost all wet and shaded places. And there was 3 types of it, with different colors and shapes, sometimes growing altogether!

Type 1

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Type 2

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Type 3 - intermediate

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Utricularia nana

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pigmy Drosera villosa!

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Drosera villosa and D. tomentosa sharing the same rock:

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More Oncidium

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Canary bird

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The moon on its more habitual habitat, the black background:

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In our last Day we left early, but I had time to record this wonderful sunrise!

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Flower of the cact with the sunrise in the background

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And, finishing, me with the ‘sea of hills’ in the background

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Hope you enjoy it!

All the Best,

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'Looks'-like The-Photo In KONDO-II of-Villosa is-'Actually' The-HYBRID Between It-&-Tomentosa (Glabrata) that-You Showed THANKS for-'This' Insight.

Loved-Seeing All The TANNIN-(Iron)-Rich Waters, The-Cyanophyta (Jelly-Mold) On-The-Ground.

R ... If-You 'Love'-CPs ... You've Gotta-like RAIN!!! >(*U^)<

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I don´t know what to say :cheers: cause nothing could express my feelings. It is incredible, beautifull like a paradise for me as a boy from cold Europe. :vinsent: for sharing

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Wow, absolutely incredibale (also the landscape pictures) and what a big number of pictures.

The “Ponte de Pedra” (‘Stone Bridge’) looks really very interesting, somehow mystic.

It´s also interesting to see D. villosa growing between the rocks and of course i like the hybrid. :thumright:

Many thanks for sharing these pictures with us.

Best regards,

Dani

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Hi rainman :thumright:

Thanks for sharing these lovely shots. Many spectaculair views and landscapes.

But ofcours are the sundews my favorite part :wink: Rocky villosa and tons of montana's !!

Can't wait for your next trip.

Iggy

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