Post by BarryRice on Jul 7, 2009 9:30:40 GMT
Hey Folks,
My lovely wife and I spent the weekend on a whirlwind tour of potential carnivorous plant sites that I had developed leads on over the years from various lines of research.
Two sites paid off really well--both were homes to Drosera anglica and Drosera rotundifolia. One also had Utricularia minor. I also found a nice large marshy lake with both U. macrorhiza and U. minor--and it looks very much like other lakes I've found in the general area that have U. intermedia and U. ochroleuca. No, these latter two species were not detected on this trip, but perhaps in the future....
A few photographs are below.
1)A Plumas county site, on a slight slope. You can see Beth exploring at center-right.
2)More of this site. Notice the characteristic red in the sedge field, that should get your salivary glands flowing....
3)Drosera anglica from kneeling position:
4)...and from the laying-down-in-the-muck-and-slime position:
(Notice the fly on top of the leaf, right at the top of this image. It landed as I took this image!)
5)A log partially submerged was dotted with D. rotundifolia, including this one that caught a lovely iridescent insect!
6)The bug is so pretty, here it is again, closer:
7)Another site with Drosera rotundifolia, this one in Lassen County:
8)This plant has been feasting!
9)Finally, an image of two sundew species growing side-by-side. Usually, D. anglica grows in the slightly more moist areas, but if you look carefully you can find them growing together.
I found no evidence of D. Xobovata, but certainly am not ruling it out. Also, I found no non-native CPs at either of these sites, which was refreshing. Both are somewhat remote, which has probably protected them from experimentation.
Lovely sites! And my first viewing of D. anglica in Lassen County!
B
My lovely wife and I spent the weekend on a whirlwind tour of potential carnivorous plant sites that I had developed leads on over the years from various lines of research.
Two sites paid off really well--both were homes to Drosera anglica and Drosera rotundifolia. One also had Utricularia minor. I also found a nice large marshy lake with both U. macrorhiza and U. minor--and it looks very much like other lakes I've found in the general area that have U. intermedia and U. ochroleuca. No, these latter two species were not detected on this trip, but perhaps in the future....
A few photographs are below.
1)A Plumas county site, on a slight slope. You can see Beth exploring at center-right.
2)More of this site. Notice the characteristic red in the sedge field, that should get your salivary glands flowing....
3)Drosera anglica from kneeling position:
4)...and from the laying-down-in-the-muck-and-slime position:
(Notice the fly on top of the leaf, right at the top of this image. It landed as I took this image!)
5)A log partially submerged was dotted with D. rotundifolia, including this one that caught a lovely iridescent insect!
6)The bug is so pretty, here it is again, closer:
7)Another site with Drosera rotundifolia, this one in Lassen County:
8)This plant has been feasting!
9)Finally, an image of two sundew species growing side-by-side. Usually, D. anglica grows in the slightly more moist areas, but if you look carefully you can find them growing together.
I found no evidence of D. Xobovata, but certainly am not ruling it out. Also, I found no non-native CPs at either of these sites, which was refreshing. Both are somewhat remote, which has probably protected them from experimentation.
Lovely sites! And my first viewing of D. anglica in Lassen County!
B
