TheInactiveMoth Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi all, Browsing around to choose what utrics to buy, and I remembered seeing a picture of this utric in th Guardian newspaper last year. That's the only photo I could find, I'm afraid. I just thought I'd post this, so if you've all heard of it, and I just don't know, then sorry for wasting time. TheInactiveMoth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebulon Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Wonderful species, but I don't know if anyone grows it. I wish someone did. Greetings, Jarkko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifurita Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 No waste of time at all, this one is one of the top Utrics on my wish list! Like you I also came across it when looking for nice Utrics to grow some time back. Its a wonder that its not in cultivation...or at least not available to the common CP grower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I don't think it's in cultivation yet, though I did check quite a while ago. In any case, it shouldn't be long until people do start growing it. By the way, there is one other photo I've seen, which was on the CP photo finder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agamemnon Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi, this species is not in cultivation. I am in comunication with a discoverer and I thing that it will be almost impossible to get this species to cultivation. Few information about this species and few more pictures you will also find in "catalog" Carnivorous plants and their biotopes - http://ivo.koudela.sweb.cz/items/Studnicka_Biotopes.html sincerely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Very beautiful flowers! ... and I thing that it will be almost impossible to get this species to cultivation.Could you share your rationale for this statement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agamemnon Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) Hi, impossibility to get this species in to the cultivation are two: 1) it is illegal to collected plants from Mexico without the permition. 2) this rare species grow only on the small places - it is steno-endemic species and location is realy hard to find because species is annual. Population is restored only by the seeds and that is reason why is it very vunerable and threatned species. If you are interested about some more information you have to wait for a new project - new book that we are prepare in this time together with Dr. Studnička and Jan Franta. You will see also few more pictures of Utricularia regia and amazing Utricularia petersoniae (and many many more) with beautiful flowers. I will keep you informed at this forum. http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=36143 Edited March 22, 2011 by agamemnon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Agamemnon, Do you think that, given the permits, just one plant could be removed, then eventually they could become at least available to some people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Hi, impossibility to get this species in to the cultivation are two: 1) it is illegal to collected plants from Mexico without the permition. This alone would not prevent the plant from getting into cultivation. I believe that the same is true for Venezuela, but we still have Helimaphora in cultivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agamemnon Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yes, that is possibility. But I am sure that to get a permit for collected of seeds will be very hard. (I have one example: I was try to get a permit from India to collected a seeds of few very rare species of bladderworts of India and I was have many many problems to get this permition. I was make a comunication with National Authority almost three years until this year I was recieved a letter with final permition but I must to pay). In Mexico will be maybe more complicated to get that permition for Utricularia regia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Yes, that is possibility. But I am sure that to get a permit for collected of seeds will be very hard. (I have one example: I was try to get a permit from India to collected a seeds of few very rare species of bladderworts of India and I was have many many problems to get this permition. I was make a comunication with National Authority almost three years until this year I was recieved a letter with final permition but I must to pay). In Mexico will be maybe more complicated to get that permition for Utricularia regia. I don't understand why the authorities make these things so difficult. Seed collection is a relatively harmless way of preserving plants in cultivation, as long as the collection is not so severe as to impact significantly on the wild population. I think that sometime bureaucracy outweighs common sense. I also think that some agency use this as a excuse to make money, by charging for permits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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