johnvdw Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) After enjoying the Nepenthes tour (see Alistair's topic, I will post some of my photo's later), it was time for something completely different. I went to India with the main focus on watching wildlife. With succes, since I did enjoy the thrill of seeing a tiger, a leopard, wild dogs and much more!! But of course I kept my eyes open for any CP's. In Bharatpur I found two different aquatic Utric's: U. aurea: a very widespread species, occuring from India to Japan and Australia The second Utric, is apparantly not U. inflexa but a white flowered form of U. stellaris. This form has an unusual high number of flowers (up to at least 24, while 15 is the maximum according to the description of the species). It was not really widespread in the park, but locally it was abundant, growing somewhat more exposed area compared to U, aurea. I hope you enjoyed! Edited November 22, 2012 by johnvdw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted November 8, 2012 Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Great pictures John, thanks for sharing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Very nice! You didn't happen to get any photos of the tigers, leopards etc., did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Really cool, I'd never seen pics of U.inflexa before, thanks!!!!!! Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stairs Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Great shots, John - thank you for sharing; the marvelousness of such flotation devices in Utricularia gets me every time! Cheers Alastair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted November 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Thanks for your comments. Photo's of U. inflexa are very scarce despites the wide distribution of the species. Only a few photo's of U. inflexa, all from Western Africa, can be found the internet. Interestingly the appearance of these plants (especially the coloration, but also the length of the spur, see cp photofinder) is somewhat different from the plants that I have seen in India. U. inflexa is appears to be a variable species. @ theinactive moth: I did get some quite nice shots of a tiger . The leopard was less cooperative. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted December 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 This U. inflexa shows several unusual features. This photo show a stalk with about 24 flowers, while Taylor in his monograph mentiones 12 as a maximum (the other photo's of U. inflexa that I have found on the net have a maximum of 10 flowers) And an other carnivore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Really interesting species but most i like the hunter. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Sorry for late reply...but amazing shots John. Where did you see these?.. which state I mean? I recently went to India as well...but for family reasons.. But next time, I might try going on some of these wild life photography tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Sorry for late reply...but amazing shots John. Where did you see these?.. which state I mean? I recently went to India as well...but for family reasons.. But next time, I might try going on some of these wild life photography tours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted April 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2013 The Utricularia's have been photographed in KeoLadeo NP in Rajahstan, a nice place to see especially a lot of birds and also some mammals and reptiles. After that I have visited two tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh where I spotted amongst others a tiger, four different deer species, wild boar, gaur, a leopard, wild dogs and jackals. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Nijman Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I have never seen that Utricularia inflexa. Interesting that it makes those same flootingorgans as Utricularia inflata and U. radiata from North America! I have been to Bharatpur to, but that was in the dry season. Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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