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Post by bromguy on Feb 22, 2014 1:16:59 GMT
I had a chance to explore the Sierra Gorda region of Mexico September 2013. This lovely Ping was growing in the oak forest above Xichu, Guanajuato. Giant red tongue-like leaves, P. moranensis I imagine.  |
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Post by jdallas on Feb 22, 2014 18:55:04 GMT
Wow! That is stunning. Any ideas on the species? I don't see many with such incredible red leaves.
Jeff
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Post by tanukimo on Feb 22, 2014 21:21:49 GMT
Wow that is amazing! The leaves looks kind of floppy, though. Maybe there was a really big downpour or something.
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Post by bromguy on Feb 22, 2014 22:30:14 GMT
Wow that is amazing! The leaves looks kind of floppy, though. Maybe there was a really big downpour or something. I think the leaf size, shape and color had to do mainly with the genetics of the individual plants. Right adjacent to this cluster of red giants were others with identical flowers, but normal sized green leaves. |
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Post by sykosarah on Feb 23, 2014 6:40:46 GMT
Maybe they have a new mutation that makes them that color?
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Post by bromguy on Jun 5, 2014 3:19:06 GMT
PS- having finally have had a bit of time to do some online research, I believe the this plant to be P. macrophylla, rather than some form of P. moranensis.
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Post by Fernando Rivadavia on Jun 17, 2014 7:20:32 GMT
Yes,this does look like a beautiful red-leaved P.macrophylla, congrats on the find and thanks for sharing!
Best wishes,
Fernando Rivadavia
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Post by bromguy on Jun 18, 2014 0:14:22 GMT
Thank you Fernando! It was thanks to you and the other people who wrote those great postcards at Pinguicula.org that I was able to travel through the Sierra Gorda and find 8 species of Pinguiculas in a week. It made for a fascinating trip. My only regret was that in August the Moctezuma River was running too high (and I am too wary of rattlesnakes) to have followed in your footsteps and seen P. moctezumae.
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