Christian Posted January 26, 2013 Report Share Posted January 26, 2013 (edited) Hallo, after having some great time in the north of Cape Town we continued to travel back south. Our next stop was Tulbagh from where we wanted to take a look at the area around the matroosberg with (admittedly small) hope to find D. capensis or even D. acaulis. Saddly, the weather at the day we wanted to explore the Matroosberg was quite bad. There was only a bit of rain in the morning, but the mountains were all covered in clouds. But, as you don't get the chance to go there everyday we decided to start walking up the Matroosberg to see how high we can get. On the way up it got colder, the wind got more and more strong and the rain increased. At one point we were so cold and wet, that our faces felt like they were frozen. As we had no reall chance and no hope to find anything, we decided to go back to our car. So, the only thing i can show from Matroosberg is a picture of Drosera trinervia, taken at about 1700m ;) The next day should get much more better! We had arranged a meeting with Eric Green at this day and we wanted to go to a location close to Caledon. After meeting Eric at his house and having a small talk we started to drive towards Caledon. A bit later we arrived at the location. It should not take long until Eric showed us the first Drosera, this time Drosera coccipetala! On this place, there is also Drosera zeyheri growing! The last Drosera we found there was Drosera cistiflora! If you read this, Eric: Many thanks for coming with us and showing us this place, as well as for the helpfull information we got for the rest of our tour! Christian Edited January 26, 2013 by Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Aaaaah, great memories!! :) Thanks for all the pics in several posts!! Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Great pics, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Hi, a foggy scenery can have its own charme. But you rarely catch this (the charme ;) ) on a photo. Man, D. coccipetala would be a dream to grow! I think I must pay Maurizio a visit and rob him.... Regards Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 D. coccipetala is really a dream, nice pictures Christian. @Andreas, thatĀ“s a good plan, do you need a driver? Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 (edited) Hi, Drosera coccipetala is in cultivation in germany. You don't need to drive so far ;) Christian Edited January 30, 2013 by Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Ah! Very interesting.... Now we only need to know who grows D. coccipetala and where he lives....hmm...Stefan Ipp... We are only joking in case someone isnĀ“t sure! ;o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Andreas: Daniel should be one of them I have sent him a plant in 2010... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 He HAS???! Well, I guess I only have to wait until Daniel travels back to Bulgaria. I have DanielĀ“s address in Bochum....eheheheheh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) @Andreas, my address will not help you in case of D. coccipetala because...... @Adam, unfortunately i lost it about 1-2 months after i received it, some kind of sudden death, i was really unhappy. Best regards, Dani Edited February 1, 2013 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Aaah... thats a pity But to say it honestly, it is not the easiest plant. I have now only one established plant (which is about to flower soon ), the others died too. I will try to self polinate it, maybe i will have at least some seeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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