Australia 3: Cephalotus and more in WA

[BarryRice]

Hey Folks,

I'm continuing to plow through the long process of uploading my photographs. I have a new trip report, describing the heady experience of seeing fabulous Cephalotus (and other carnivorous plants) in the wild.

See it here:
www.sarracenia.com/trips/au032007.html

Comments are always welcome, as this writing is at times a thankless task!!!

Cheers

Barry

[av8tor1]

OUTSTANDING!!!

thank you for the virtual field trip

Cheers'
Av

[locko]

Thankyou for the truly amazing photos of my favorite plant Cephalotus.

[vraev]

Fantastic pics Barry! We appreciate you documenting them for us. I always wanted to see tons of pics of cephs in the wild. Man! truly shows how we baby plants that grow like ROCKS in the wild.

[wadave]

Oh how truely jealous I am of you guys Barry,

I wanted so much to join you on this trip but I was keenly aware of overstaying my welcome when it was your holiday.

Hopefully next time?

Dave.

[kitkor]

Excellent photos!

This looks to me like Stylidium hispidum.

[Sockhom]

Exceptionnal Barry!

Thank you for this endeavour.


François.

[venusflytrapfreak]

Thanks you for sharing those amazing pictures!! I almost started to cry too! LOL. Seeing those amazing Cephalotus growing in the wild!!! It's great to see them growing in the wild and not a pot!!

Thanks,
Ricky Haag

[BarryRice]

kitkor said:

Excellent photos!

This looks to me like Stylidium hispidum.

Hey Kitkor,

Is this a confident ID, or just a guess?

B

[kitkor]

barryrice said:

Hey Kitkor,

Is this a confident ID, or just a guess?

B

An educated guess, maybe? Having never seen these things in the wild for myself, I mostly go off what I've seen in other photos and the physical descriptions given in the various academic articles on the species.

Compare with the florabase photo and description. The plant in your photo has a tighter rosette. And according to the FB database, it seems as if it couldn't be S. hispidum since you were further south of its range. Other guesses include S. ciliatum and S. piliferum, the latter being the most confident guess. It is a very common species in the area you were in. I can tell you definitely that it's a species in the section Lineares. The difference between these species is seen exceptionally well at the tip of the leaf. From what I can see in the image and from the range data, I'd have to change my mind to S. piliferum after consulting Rica Erickson's book. If you don't have it, I could scan a copy of the plate (34, page 118) that shows the difference and send it to you. Hope that helps!