giuseppe Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hello! During my last trip to Madagascar, a couple of months ago, I had the chance to see a few large populations of Nepenthes madagascariensis, in dryish areas, on sand and close to a river. This images are from the first population. The soil seemed really dry, but water could be found a few cm below the surface. Female flowers ... and male flowers A small Drosera was also growing there A huge specimen of N. madagascariensis growing on sand, a few km after And another, "greener" population growing along a small river with plenty of water Drosera madagascariensis on the Itremo mountains, in the centre of the island And at the same site plenty of this small Utricularia Regards, Giuseppe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Very nice! This area is still not well known despite decades of being available to researchers. Thanks for this post! :) - Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchasselblad74 Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 WOW!!!!!!! I love natural settings....So they grow in full blast sun in Madagascar huh?? Very informative...Thanks for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binataboy Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'll second that "WOW"!! Those are some fantastic plants! George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Beautiful! Now that is very neat nepenthes species (I think I will have to get one:-)) I love the intensively-red colour on d. madagascariensis! My specimen never gets this red, not even in full sun. Thanx for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meizwang Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 absolutely fantastic pictures-thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amperon Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Waw, amazing plants thanks !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giuseppe Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) Thank you for all your nice comments, I am glad you liked them! Maybe somebody can tell if the small Drosera growing with the Nepenthes (photo #6) could be D. burkeana? And the Utricularia? Maybe somebody can help in the identification.. Giuseppe Edited March 18, 2011 by giuseppe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon.B Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 I'm amazed at how large that Nepenthes is! I didn't know that species could get that large! Very nice photos also, thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Great in situ pics! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuagso Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 What a beautiful and huge Nepenthes! I would like to see Nepenthes in habitat too, but I haven't even seen Pinguiculas in my country, I have to travel more, and you, what were you doing in Madagascar? Por cierto ¿no viste semillitas para intentar tener tus propias plantas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Giuseppe, you´ve been to a spectacular place! Glad, you are back safe! I´ve read Madagascar is one of the most criminal places on Earth! ;-) Lovely pictures, again a reason to be envious! ;-) Thanks for showing! Kind regards Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James O'Neill Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Fabulous nepenthes. Is that Utric U. livida? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Nice shots! The sundew looks to me as D. burkeana and the Utric is probably U. arenaria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 (edited) Oops, somehow my post showed up twice. Please delete. Edited March 21, 2011 by johnvdw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giuseppe Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I am very happy you all liked them, I can say that it was a great experience!! @ Tuuagso/Claudio: I was there on holidays, for the third time to Madagascar, and this time I wanted to visit to the South-East coast. Plants were in flower as you can see, so no seeds. Andreas! It was great, not dangerous at all, as I just said, it is the third time I go there.. and I have been travelling to Yemen, Ethiopia, Somalia.. no, no danger at all in Madagascar lol @ James: I was thinking about U. arenaria with some doubts, but I am not into small Utrics really.. @Johndw: Thank you! So you too you think it is D. burkeana.. Pity it was not in flower!! Is U. arenaria quite variable?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Fantastic travel, I like this Drosera madagascariensis. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nice pics!!! The Drosera is hard to see, but D.natalensis and D.burkeana are the rosetted species know to grow in E Madagascar. As for the Utric, hard to say... Looking at Taylor's monograph, the flower shape seems to be either U.arenaria or U.livida, but the flower color is one I've never seen for either species, it's beautiful!! Thanks, Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giuseppe Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thank you Carlos and Fernando Grass was very high at that locality, and I could only see the tiny Utricularia fowers after the larger and more showy Drosera madagascariensis called my attention !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 ... I could only see the tiny Utricularia fowers after the larger and more showy Drosera madagascariensis called my attention !! Very good eyes! This colorful utricularia will be introduce in culture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giuseppe Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Very good eyes! This colorful utricularia will be introduce in culture? Thank you Carlos! I have no idea if it is already in cultivation, I just took the pictures!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Nijman Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Veery nice pictures. Also some Ravenala madagascariensis in the back. Madagascar is on my list of must to see places! But I have heard its qieut dangerous at the moment! Well if not, I should go there some time. Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Fantastic pictures. Thanks very much for sharing. N. madagascarensis is a underappreciated plant. Very very nice species. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincentxpapi Posted November 9, 2021 Report Share Posted November 9, 2021 Little late but that’s not an Utricularia but Genlisea margaretae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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