johnvdw Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 (edited) As promised, some of my photo's of the Nepenthes tour. Mount Victoria Soon after that we have started the three days hike to the summit of Mt Victoria (1700 m asl) we stumbled on the first Nepethes phillipinensis: And a lower pitcher After crossing the river numerous times we arrived at our campsite. Here were several nice colored N. phillipinensis plants:. In one of the N. phillipinensis lower pitchers I found a kind of maggot (or was it a puppae?) that almost imediatly dove down in the pitcher fluid after being disturbed, Unfortunately I was not able to photograph it (I was not able to get a shot of the interior of the pitcher due to its size). The N. philipinensis plants were frequently visited by ants: Edited December 1, 2012 by johnvdw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted December 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 We spotted a few flowering orchids on our way to the summit, like this Spathoglottis And an, according to Alastair, not yet described terrestial orchid At some seapages there were a very limited number of Utricularia moniliformis flowering (unfortunately, the coloration on the photo is not completely accurate, it should be more pinkish). The shape of this Utric was somewhat variable. Getting higher on the mountain, the number of Nepenthes plants rapidly decreased. There were only a few of these with red foliage, none of them climbing. A stick insect at the second campsite: Close to the summit, partially hidden in between the shrubs: N. attenboroughii A kind of a weird slug creeping out of a pitcher At some more exposed sites near the summit Drosera ultramafica was growing And at last another stick insect, this one was walking near the summit Hope you enjoyed!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 thanks John, yes I did (enjoyed!) very much...wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Fantastic photos - I'm very jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 ultramafica looks beautiful, thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Wow, really nice pictures. Nice Nepenthes but most i like the D. ultramafica. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyzio Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Pitchers there are enormous. Great pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Spectacular trip John! And lovely plants on your way to the summit!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadja77 Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Absolutely spectacular! Really nice habitat and plant pics! I'm very envious, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerb Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Thanks for the post. Although all the pics are great, the N. attenboroughii with the seed-pods is just brilliant. What a wonderful perspective getting the whole plant in one pic. Regards, Christer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Cornish Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Really enjoyed all your reports, thanks for posting. Regards Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Oh, nice species, I liked more the Drosera ultramafica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnvdw Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) Hi, all thanks for your nice comments. Following some requests, a few more pictures of D. ultramafica. I found only a limited number of D. ultramafica, mainly growing at the trail. For some reason this picture is rotated..... And a close up of a flower. Edited December 3, 2012 by johnvdw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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