Australia, the magnificent 1

[marcel]

As promised a report from the trip John van der Werf and I made in West Australia.
We had a great group (total 18) with Allen Lowrie and Phil Mann as guides to some of the most incredible sites you can think off.
We also had Greg Bourke and Richard Nunn as expert drivers (on the wrong site of the Bl... road! ;D).

I won't bother you with too much text, here are just some of the pictures John (mostly, as I was filming most of the time ) and I shot. I tried to pick some shots of plants you don't see that often or to show something special. enjoy.



Bluff knoll, highest point of WA.

And on the top:



Drosera monticola

In the carpark we also found this:



Drosera gibsonii

Some plants didn't grow as we expected. We tend to keep Byblis gigantea rather dry in cultivation. Not so in the wild:



To finish part 1 the Utricularia-suite (unless some of you are poly-adapts ):



Utricularia inaequalis



Utricularia menziesii



Utricularia multifida



Utricularia simplex

and of course



Utricularia tenella

See you at part 2 ;D

[Brian Barnes]

Hey Marcel,
Bravo! Bravo! What great Utricularia.
I'm already looking forward to part two...thanks for sharing with us and for giving me my daily drool! ;D

Happy Growing,
Brian.

[maxposwillo]

Hey Marcel,

Great photos, I'm looking forward to part two!

Happy growing,
Max

[papilio]

Hi,


Thank you for these photos!

I love the Utricularia tenella and U. multifida, damage that is so rare and difficult to cultivate.

Have you got the last list of Lowrie?


Louis

[marcel]

Yes I do.
They are on it. Allen is very stubbornly calling them Polypompholyx by the way ;D

[Brian Barnes]

Marcel,
Hehehe....I'm glad to see I'm not the only one still calling them that by choice. I still choose to call S. rosea- Sarracenia purpurea venosa var burkei as well... ;D

Eeeek...I'm becoming a stubborn old bat too! ;D

Happy Growing,

Brian.

[marcel]

@ Brian: Looking at flower and trap structure the two of you just might have a point too

As for S. roseana.. to quote a well known British grower... "Don't be ridiculous" ;D
If we follow people like Larry I would be renaming my entire collection. I'll wait for something like DNA as proof.
For instance the rubra discussion, if you follow the alabamensis line rubra ssp alabamensis should be closer to rubra ssp wherryi than say to rubra ssp rubra.

Proof that genetically and I'll start relabeling.

[jcreef]

WOW! the Utricularia menziesii is unreal!!

Warmest Regards and Happy Growing,
-Jc
Miami, Fl

[papilio]

Jan 12, 2009 13:19:00 GMT -5 marcel said:

Yes I do.
They are on it. Allen is very stubbornly calling them Polypompholyx by the way ;D

I would like to order from him this year ... Can you give me the list by MP?


Thanks,

Louis

[marcel]

Hi Louis,

No, I can't since Allen Copyrighted his folder I can't just spread it around without asking.

[khoas]

BTW U. menzesii common name is Redcoat after the uniform of the British soldier of the time. With the Byblis gigantea photo when was it taken? Because if you went there now it would most likely bone dry. Perth has been getting 40C days over the last couple of weeks.

[marcel]

Jan 19, 2009 18:02:47 GMT -5 @khoas said:

BTW U. menzesii common name is Redcoat after the uniform of the British soldier of the time. With the Byblis gigantea photo when was it taken? Because if you went there now it would most likely bone dry. Perth has been getting 40C days over the last couple of weeks.

40C? Oh boy! I Want to go back ;D something like 1.5C here now

We took the pictures on the fieldtrip after the Sydney ICPS, first week of October 2008.

[khoas]

I would say the Byblis gigantea would dormant by now. It has not rained in southern WA or SA for close to 2 month now. It going nice 33 C today here in Adelaide.

I have seen white form of U. tenella here in South Australia near Mt. Bold.