Amuri Part V - the Heliamphora gorge

[Martin Hingst 74]

 

Hello,

 

this is the last part of my Amuri series, where I will show some more plants and impressions of that gorge H. uncinata grew (see part IV). A very special atmosphere, with some very special plants rarely to be seen.

 

 

 

On the wet walls grew U. heterochroma, a lithophytic species that sticks to the rock with its stolons:

 

 

The flower:

 

 

Here the habitat - down there Andreas exploring the wall:

 

 

Further up the canyon -

 

 

 

 

The bromeliads seen in the above pics are Brocchinia tatei - here a closer view:

 

 

and inside the Brocchinia:

 

 

Here the whole plant in flower: U. humboldtii:

 

 

On the trees many beautiful epiphytes - like U. jamesoniana among some orchids...

 

 

...and this little rarity - U. schultesii:

 

 

Psychotria spec.:

 

 

 

And a highland orchid, that comes in many different colours - Epidendrum secundum:

 

 

Last picture: a pretty caterpillar feeding on a Heliamphora flower. Would love to see the butterfly.

 

 

Hope you like it! 

 

Regards

 

Martin

Edited April 21, 2014 by Martin Hingst

[Mantas 4]

Oh, that's an amazing place(not enough pics tho ) and the small orchids near U.jamesoniana seems to be Lepanthes.

[Daniel O. 62]

Hi Martin,

 

isn´t it part "V"?

Again some really interesting pictures.

Many thanks for sharing them.

 

Best regards,

Dani

[Vince81 89]

Geesh, amazing pictures.

So lovely stuff in this thread. I'm really interested in these two Utricularia, heterochroma and schultesii ? Are they spread in cultivation ?

Anyway, thanks for sharing these pictures !

[Martin Hingst 74]

Thanks :-)

 

Mantas, I think you're right with Lepanthes. No closer views, sorry.

Dani, of course ;-) corrected it now.

Vince, as far as I know, both are not in cultivation. 

 

Regards

 

Martin

[rosolis76 21]

Martin,

 

Just amazing! Thank you for sharing all these pictures with us...

It is a really interesting habitat and not only for carnivorous plants.

 

Cheers,

Damien

[North West Neps 645]

Some stunning shots there Martin, thanks for sharing !

[kisscool_38 127]

Really nice, especially those 2 rare utrics. Thank you so much for those reports.

[Martin Hingst 74]

Thanks again -glad you liked it :-)

 

Added a picture of a flowering U. humboldtii in its Brocchinia.

 

Regards

 

Martin

[arnaudcarni 46]

the utriculaire is just superb !! 

[Zlatokrt 26]

Wow, the U. heterochroma is beautiful! I want one :-D

[tropicbreeze 65]

Very nice country, and great shots of the plants. Looks like sandstone formations. There's a lot of that here and it's great to walk through as it supports lots of microclimates.

[Maiden 172]

Superb pictures! The bonnetias are just amazing. Thanks for sharing this.

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[Fernando Rivadavia 77]

Thanks for taking the time to post all these beautiful pics for us!!!

 

Fernando

[Kiwano 17]

Holy crap, what luck you had !

Your pics are really impressive, I hope I could go here a day.

[Sebulon 8]

Amazing pictures! Wish the plants in my terrarium looked this amazing!