Post by Randy Zerr on May 25, 2009 20:12:47 GMT
Over the weekend I made a trip around Eglin AFB seeking new sites for Sarracenia rubra .
2 sites previously unknown to me were discovered. One site also has and abundance of the large variety Utricularia purpurea and a second site is a lake and has more Utricularia floridana than I've ever seen at all the previous known locations put together. Scattered S. rubra seen on the shore in sphagnum but it was too dark to investigate so I'll have to return another day. I've been driving by this lake for years and never explored it until now.
Revisited the "green giant" rubras and took out the measuring tape again. One pitcher was 31" tall and another on a different plant was nearly 33 inches! I wonder if the aquatic floating peat bog habitat is the reason for the enormous growth. The largest plants are in the water. Similar to the Okeefenokee Sarracenia minor.
video link:
b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/swf/mvp.swf?8%3A152716%3A1&v=1103673686546&ev=0
photos:
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
Sarracenia rubra 'green giant'
Sarracenia rubra 'green giant'
Sarracenia rubra 'green giant'
2 sites previously unknown to me were discovered. One site also has and abundance of the large variety Utricularia purpurea and a second site is a lake and has more Utricularia floridana than I've ever seen at all the previous known locations put together. Scattered S. rubra seen on the shore in sphagnum but it was too dark to investigate so I'll have to return another day. I've been driving by this lake for years and never explored it until now.
Revisited the "green giant" rubras and took out the measuring tape again. One pitcher was 31" tall and another on a different plant was nearly 33 inches! I wonder if the aquatic floating peat bog habitat is the reason for the enormous growth. The largest plants are in the water. Similar to the Okeefenokee Sarracenia minor.
video link:
b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/swf/mvp.swf?8%3A152716%3A1&v=1103673686546&ev=0
photos:
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
Sarracenia rubra 'green giant'
Sarracenia rubra 'green giant'
Sarracenia rubra 'green giant'
