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Post by tom on Mar 19, 2006 10:32:56 GMT -5
A few pictures from a recent fieldtrip in eastern Quebec, where Drosera linearis and a all green form of Sarracenia purpurea have been seen. -A general view of the bog -Several plants of S. purpurea beared all green pitchers, without any traces of red pigmentation on growth point, pitcher or flower stalk (this phenotype was dominant in the bog). After reading Carl Mazur article in CPN (Sept 2005), I'll try to go back there this summer to get a ratio of veinless/semi-veinless/typical form. -A few picture of Drosera linearis[/img], a plants I've been looking to photograph for a while. Notice the very long lamina of the third picture. -Of course, they were not alone, a whole lot of Utricularia cornuta were flowering during our visit, and Drosera rotundifolia was more than present. If any of you have the chance to smell one U. cornuta flower, I find it a very pleasant fragrance. Just a note: don't ask for seeds, 1 stalk was harvested for ID verification by looking at the seeds, and those are already carefully placed in collections. I don't want to collect any more seeds from this site either. Further seeds will be harvested from collection grown plants.
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Post by brian on Mar 19, 2006 14:19:36 GMT -5
Amazing pictures! But as a newbie I have to know: I have been growing similiar looking plants in Bancroft to the linearis but I was thinking they were filimentosa. Are both native to or hardy in Canada, or would mine be linearis as well?
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Post by tom on Mar 19, 2006 14:22:49 GMT -5
As far as I know, Drosera filiformis has only have been known growing naturally in Canada in a few southern locations of Nova Scotia.
Might it be D. linearis or anglica? I'm not an expert of Ontario fieldtrip, my experience having been limited to Quebec and a very few in New Brunswick, perhaps someone else can enlight this?
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Post by brian on Mar 19, 2006 14:28:35 GMT -5
I'll be posting some photos in the summer to ask for ID help. Meanwhile I'll keep linearis and anglica on my wish list for the bog. The ones I am growing weren't found locally, I obtained seeds from a nearby collector and they seem to overwinter and self seed prolifically.
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Post by mabudon on Mar 20, 2006 9:24:38 GMT -5
Brian- I'm almost 100% sure you have D.filiformis ssp filiformis growing there, the pics you sent left no doubt in my mind and I know they overwinter fine up here. if you can get better pics this year that'll be sweet, we can help you identify them pitcherplants etc Nice pics Tom, that U.cornuta pic is especially nice (got the "bog thumb" in there for scale, nice work ) I didn't know D.linearis was so "big" And that antho-free S.purpurea- I sure hope that there is a division of that sucker in a nearby collection.. even just seeing one with my own eyes would be good enough... Thanks for posting them, looking forward to the next installemt this year
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Post by tom on Mar 20, 2006 9:40:17 GMT -5
I really hope to see those pictures . Could it be an introduction, in the case it is really D. filiformis? Is it a very well known or visited bog?
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Post by mabudon on Mar 20, 2006 9:47:21 GMT -5
it was introduced by Brian, I think, who also "introduced" some D.rotundifolia to the lake when the water washed a bunch of seedlings away some time... he only has a small mini-bog style plantation right on the side of the lake at his cottage- he sould be better explaining it, and now that he has folks to share pics with, I'm sure he'll snap some for us once there's stuff to see
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Post by tom on Mar 20, 2006 10:15:08 GMT -5
Ok, I first thought he meant he found it wild growing ('native') of the place (which don't mean it can't be overwintered). I should read post twice
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Post by Flytrap on Mar 20, 2006 10:48:56 GMT -5
Tom
With images like these, makes you really glad you're alive! Absolutely gorgeous plants in a spectacular setting. I've now got to get off my rump and visit La Belle Province.
Looks like linearis to me. The Anglicas I've seen around my neck of woods have much shorter "paddles". I think Olivier from Switzerland was looking for linearis seeds on the trading forum...maybe you'd be able to tee something up with him.
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Post by tom on Mar 20, 2006 11:32:42 GMT -5
Drosera linearis is harder to find here than in Ontario apparently, perhaps fewer spots, but in a lot of harder to reach area too (very remote), which can be a good thing for the species protection in a way... On the ID of the plants I saw on the field, I don't have any doubt. They fit into the botanical description (plants and seeds), habitat, and after talking to a botanist, friend of mine, he also state that he is identical to what he saw on Anticosti Island and elsewhere. I already know Olivier, nice fellow The is plenty of place to visit, especially if you go iin the eastern part: around Havre St-Pierre, all what you have along the road are bogs, no joke. And you can awake early morning with such a view on roadside:
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Post by zac on Mar 20, 2006 15:59:38 GMT -5
Great pics. I hope to get out to some local bogs come spring. I scouted some likly areas at the end of last season and plan to throw on the new "bog-pants" and find some CP's. I'm psyched.
Zac
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Post by brian on Mar 20, 2006 18:09:25 GMT -5
Now that I take a closer look at the photos they definitely have a paddle like look of linearis. The stuff I am growing has straight tentacles without elongation at the ends. I really want to get more ideas of what I should try in Bancroft!
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