Trev Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Well after my much appreciated picture of P. lusitanica in the wild, here are the pictures from my latest ramble in the mountains above my house here in S.W. Ireland. P. vulgaris I presume? (and no I didn't put the ant there:) The most rotund rotundifolia I've ever seen! 2 in 1 These last 3 are of an old peat workings that is now home to a whole colony of Drosera ? is it anglica or intermedia ? Trev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazman Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Nice one Trev, I didn't know that you get CP's in Ireland :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted July 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Hi Darrell, As far as I'm aware, (and I'm no authority on them) the native Irish CP's are: D. rotundifolia D. anglica D. intermedia P. vulgaris P. grandiflora P. lusitanica (see my recent thread - P.lusitanica in the wild!) U. vulgaris Oh, and Sarracenia purpurea has been introduced into quite a few bogs now. Trev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Trev - Very nice, you are fortunate to have these plants nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyrex Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Lovely sighting. They look quite happy alltogether. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Do U. minor or U. intermedia reach Ireland? Love the pics - keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Trev great photos Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesara Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Some very nice photos there 8) Bye for now Julian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike King Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Those last 3 pics are Drosera intermedia. Nice pics Trev! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Thanks everyone, it's great to be able to share these with you now I have a camera. If I wax lyrical about them around here I get strange looks! 8-[ Pitcherboy, I'm not sure of other Utric's in Eire, I found U. vulgaris in a small lake on the other side of the mountain, if I remember I will try and look it up in the library. Mike, how do you tell intermedia from anglica?? (P.S. finally got an email from NCCPG:) Trev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 ...how do you tell intermedia from anglica?? Trev - I find it very difficult... See this earlier thread on the subject: http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Thanks for that link Aidan. unfortunately... The topic or post you requested does not exist I just did a search on Google and found an excellent page on native Irish carnivorous plants here :- http://www.ipcc.ie/infocarnivorous1.html It says there are 11 native CP's and 1 introduced in 1906 3 Drosera 3 Pings 4 Utrics 1 Sarra on D. intermedia and anglica it says :- Sundew D. intermedia is local in the west of Ireland, typically growing in clumps on bare, exposed peat. Finally, the Long-leaved Sundew D. anglica, commonly grows in permanent pools on the bog. which would suggest that the ones I pictured above are anglica, as they are growing on top of floating sphagnum and I haven't found any growing in any other conditions? Trev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hi Trev, you lucky - there's no need of a bog garden for you ;-) I like your pictures! The diffused sunlight let them look really nice! Cheers, Markus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic brown Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Great photos Trev! :) I agree with Mike, they look like D. intermedia to me. As well as the leaf shape, which fits D. intermedia not D. anglica, the manner in which the flower scape arises from the plant is characteristic of D. intermedia. It doesn't arise straight up out of the centre of the rosette, as it does in D. anglica or in D. rotundiflora; this is shown excellently in the second photograph. Rather, the scape in D. intermedia arises between the leaves and grows out at angle intially and then becomes vertical; this is clearly shown in the superb last photograph. Looking through my 20-year old field trip notes, we saw and keyed out 3 species of bladderwort on a Uni botanising trip to W. Ireland (Kerry - Connamarra); Utricularia australis, U. minor and U. intermedia, but didn't see U. vulgaris which does occur in Ireland, in less acidic waters. This web page, from the Irish Peatland Conservation Council, gives a useful summary of the CPs of Ireland, though the address for CPS Membership is out of date!! http://www.ipcc.ie/infocarnivorous1.html Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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