Central FL

[jwdunn5]

stopped and took some pictures on my way home from work.














I think that this place is about to be drained for a commercial project. The pond is right at the junction of two major roads in the area and is prime for a gas station. They have a land for lease sign up and a connection has been dug to a man made retention pond at the back of the property.

[Brian Barnes]

Hi! Thanks for sharing such wonderful photos...I see the world renown long leaf cappy (D. capillaris) and what i think is U. juncea, but i know little about Utrics. Barry's the man on that one!
That is some of the healthiest Florida Sphagnum i've seen in quite a while, it is quite lush. It's a shame the area is doomed, such is the case with many of our Fl. bogs.
Happy Growing,
Brian.

[venusflytrapfreak]

WOW!! That is so neat to see a bog in Fl. I have lived here for 3 years now and haven't found a bog!! I live by Tampa (Hillsborough) by Ruskin, maybe there should be areas that I can find that have CPs growing??? I didn't think there would be Sphagnum bogs here..
Thanks for sharing the photos!!
Ricky

[BarryRice]

Hey,

Based upon the clustering of the flowers at the tip of the scapes, and the flowering season, I'd say you have Utricularia cornuta, and not Utricularia juncea. They are very similar, though, and confusing them is entirely understandable.

Cheers

Barry

[Brian Barnes]

Hey Barry! I think you are right... U. juncea relates to their blooming season around June, i think. Sorry about the brain-fart! Brian.

[jwdunn5]

Thank you for the compliments on the pictures d5150.

I have been trying to figure out which of the two species these are. Does it look like both open and closed flowers are present in this colony?(next to last picture) Could this be more than one colony/species?

[Brian Barnes]

Hey Jwdunn... There is closed and open flowers present, me thinks it's one species. Now that i think of it, U. juncea does have a darker, more golden color. Yep...U. cornuta.
Bri.

[jwdunn5]

Brain

the reading that i have done states that both closed and open flowers indicate that it is U. juncea but the cluster of flowers and the flowering season point to U.cornuta(as Barry advised). also the flower size leans toward U. cornuta. i am going to get a better look next week when i am back in that area. Either way good fun finding and discussing these plants.


B.T.W. the reading that i have done is not extensive. i am referencing D. Schnell's C.P. of the U.S. and Canada.

[pinglover]

Very nice photos jwdunn5. Thank you for taking the time to post them.

[jwdunn5]

i stopped again and found these





Thanks for the compliment on the photos pinglover. I recently got a camera and I am taking tons of pictures trying to learn the the features and photography techniques.

[Brian Barnes]

Nice! U. resupinata maybe? The grass-like leaves are visable...
Thanks for sharing your pics!
Brian.

[jwdunn5]

Nice! U. resupinata maybe? The grass-like leaves are visable...




That is what I was thinking.

[BarryRice]

Hey Gents,

No question about the U. resupinata ID. There are only three pink-to-purple-flowered Utricularia in the USA: U. resupinata, U. purpurea, U. amethystina. The latter is probably extinct in the USA (I think it was restricted to Collier and Lee Counties).

Anyway, your ID is dead on. That big leaf in the last photo is from a different plant.

Next time you see the plant, check out the bracts on the inflorescence, because they're really cool. Instead of being a little bract and two separate bracteoles, the structures are fused into a single Elizabethan collar, like here:


Cheers

Barry