Christian Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Hi, after the great day at Caledon our next stop was the Area of the Bain's Kloof. This Area is known for a special form of Drosera capensis, as well as for Drosera regia. The weather was close to the weather we had at Matroosberg, so we should have known what will happen ;) At the beginning of our walk, there was only a bit of rain. Due to the high and wet vegetation, our trousers started to get wet very soon with the results, that water is running from our legs into our shoes. We got more and more wet! We finally reached the location of Drosera regia where we have been three years ago. As the weather was so bad we only stayed about ten minutes and only took a few not too good pictures. At this place there is also Drosera admirabilis (the form known as sp. "floating") growing. After we returned to our car we changed our clothes and started to continue to look at our places in that Area. Beside some some Drosera aliciae, capensis and trinervia we also found Drosera liniflora. At the end of the day we had to see, that a very nice location of Drosera capensis, that we found in 2009 does no more exist! The road has been renewed and during this process, the location was destroyed. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowwy Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 I reaaly like the view of "floating" D.admirabilis. Very nice photos! Thaks for sharing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Great pics as always. Looking at plants of capensis Bain's Kloof in my collection I can imagine them being a hybrid between capensis and glabripes. Does glabripes grow anywhere near to the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Nice photos, thanks for sharing. You weren't lying about the terrible weather though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amar Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) This is probably quite a silly question...but here goes anyway.. If I find a D. capensis in the Bain's Kloof region, is it automatically a D. capensis Bain's Kloof? (I am asking because of the morphology of the leaves, which differs slightly from the standard D. capensis, so adding the "Bain's Kloof" to the D. capensis is saying more than just where it's from) Not even sure if I made myself clear. Edited January 27, 2013 by Amar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) Hi Stephen, i have been twice in the area of Bain's Kloof and have not yet seen D. glabripes. At the moment i am not sure, if Bain's Kloof is within the distribution area of D. glabripes. Almost all locations with D. glabripes i have been have been close to the sea and much more south than Bain's Kloof. This does not necessarily mean, there aren't any, but from my feeling i don't think there is D. glabripes at Bain's Kloof. If you look at D. capensis in the wild you will see, that every location is a bit different from others. Even the plants in one location are different. If you look at the first picture of D. capensis i posted above you will see, that this plant is quite different to what we have in cultivation as D. capensis "Bain's Kloof". The second but last picture is closer to what we know from there. I am not sure about hybridisation in these plants. The only other plant we found there, that i could think of hybridising with D. capensis is D. aliciae. I don't think, that D. cistiflora (or liniflora if you prefer) or trinervia are capable to hybridize with D. capensis. Maybe there was something long ago(?). Here is another one, taken in 2009 from this Area, that show a large form with long petioles: In conclusion everyone who cultivates D. capensis from Bain's Kloof should know, that not all plants from there are looking like the one we have in cultivation. Most likely someone collected seeds (or a plant) from there, just because it is different to others. And that's, what we now have. What we cultivate does not at all reflect the variety in nature! Amar, yes every plant from there should be labeled as D. capensis "Bain's Kloof", as Bain's Kloof is actually nothing more than a location and not a cultivar name. To prevent confusion someone should describe it as a valid cultivar better sooner than later ;) Christian Edited February 11, 2013 by Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amar Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Danke, Christian. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Very beautiful photographic report. I liked all the pictures you posted, but that made me happy was that most of the D. regia in their habitat. Could tell how good the conservation status of this species? Best regards, Rodrigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 "Bain's Kloof" is just a location. There is a different sundew probably related to the capensis from Bain's Kloof, but it is probably a hybrid as it doesn't make seed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Beautiful photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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