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Post by ICPS-bob on May 8, 2008 17:53:37 GMT
Last weekend, May 3-4, Jim Miller, Barry Rice, Beth Salvia, and I descended on Harry Tryon's place overlooking the Smith River in Gasquet, California. For two full days, we visited a number of Darlingtonia californica sites, many of which had Pinguicula macroceras ssp. nortensis, two sites had Drosera rotundifolia, and one site had all three genera. My photo journal is at users.humboldt.edu/rziemer/Gasquet/gasquet.htmlEnjoy!
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Post by fredg on May 8, 2008 18:30:18 GMT
There's just no way to match that Trays are just not made that big. Thanks Bob
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Post by Brian Barnes on May 8, 2008 19:27:48 GMT
Very nice....Sounds like you guys (and lady) had a blast! Great photos, the Pinguicula macroceras ssp. nortensis look spectacular. Thanks for sharing those with us... Happy Growing, Brian.
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Post by joshua on May 10, 2008 14:22:38 GMT
Wow...
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Post by kulamauiman on Jul 10, 2008 1:15:25 GMT
Aloha Bob, this is sort of odd. I went to a covered bridge in that area and looks just like the photos, perhaps a month or so before, maybe a day or so after my wife and I went to visit you, and there were many Darlingtonias there, at the rock slide seep. Hard to imagine there being none to be seen a month later......
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 10, 2008 3:54:41 GMT
Mach, as you observed, there are actually quite a few Darlingtonia at the covered bridge site. My point was that on the active landslide, the hillslope is moving too fast for Darlingtonia to become established. The Darlingtonia are found along the more stable margins. In contrast, since Pinguicula can regenerate from gemma, they can become established on the unstable landslide and reach maturity within a single growing season.
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Post by kulamauiman on Jul 10, 2008 4:58:16 GMT
Looking at my pics I see what you mean. The areas that were bare of most vegetation (mosses, etc) lacked Darlingtonias but had the Pings in abundance. The Pings were so nice, I wish they would grow here. I would almost assume they would need conditions similar to the Darlingtonias and I doubt that I can provide them....
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Post by Brian Barnes on Jul 10, 2008 13:16:20 GMT
Aloha! So far, I've managed to keep Pinguicula macroceras ssp. nortensis(thanks Mr. Z) alive and well here in Florida, using live sphagnum as media and growing indoors under lights. Media wet, not water-logged, Night temps=75F, day temps= 82F. They are starting to produce some nice sized leaves in these conditions... Happy Growing, Brian.
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Post by kulamauiman on Jul 10, 2008 16:32:13 GMT
So far this summer my daily high has been 91 F and overnight lows in the 50s. Night humidity goes up to 100% and in the day down to 50%. But then this has been an odd summer. Might be interesting to see one day....
Mahalo. MTF
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