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Post by tom on Jul 26, 2006 14:09:47 GMT -5
Here is a few highlights from our trip:  -A general view of the first bog  - Drosera anglica leaf blade  -A plant of Drosera linearis - Drosera linearis has been seen growing in Sphagnum mosses at several places  -As you can see, the pH is acidic around Drosera linearis. The average on 15 differents readings is 4.18. This is weither the plant is growing in moss or not.  -Not very clear, but you can see D. linearis, D. rotundifolia and D. anglica growing side by side  - Utricularia cornuta in bloom  -Olivier inspecting plants  -No, it's not the Loch Ness monster... its... a beaver out of focus...!  - Utricularia vulgaris on the lake where we saw the beaver  -Me, sorting Drosera leaves for a group photo |
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Post by brian on Jul 26, 2006 15:23:16 GMT -5
Ooooh, I've got to get Anglica seeds for Bancroft as well... Beautiful picture! Looks like an Oakton pH meter, I find they are rugged and reliable. Thankyou for the photos!
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Post by Flytrap on Jul 26, 2006 15:49:53 GMT -5
Wow! Gorgeous photos!!! thanks for sharing your trip with all of us. I also see red sphagnum carpeting the bog. It's also interesting to see the anglica leaf blade you've presented, as the ones I've seen over here are longer and more like linearis in shape. I guess the populations of anglica evolved differently at the almost opposite ends of our country. I'll look around the photos I have to see if I can find one of just a leaf blade I shot. As always, I can never get enough images of CP to see... so keep those CPs in habitat coming folks  |
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Post by jay on Jul 26, 2006 15:59:42 GMT -5
nice photos , any purps?
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Post by tom on Jul 26, 2006 16:06:39 GMT -5
Sure a few pics (of purps) and differents infos were already posted yesterday in this post: ocps.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=generalplantdiscussion&action=display&thread=1153864829David: we saw both type of anglica leaf blade, as you can see in the link listed above. This lead to a ID problem that i should solve soon (between linearis, anglica, x anglica and x linglica) The pH-meter is indeed a Oaklon. Not very familiar with it yet, but seems accurate enough for me  |
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Post by brian on Jul 26, 2006 16:57:23 GMT -5
If you ever want your Oakton calibrated send me a PM
Brian
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Post by setep on Jul 30, 2006 8:50:18 GMT -5
Really nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by lloyd on Jul 30, 2006 21:33:20 GMT -5
Looks like fun. How were the bugs?
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Post by tom on Jul 31, 2006 5:43:21 GMT -5
Surprisingly, there weren't that many... i would say we were even under the average for the date and the place we were. I was telling Olivier for months that there would be TONS of hungry mosquitos , and in the end, the 2 first days we were almost clear from them!
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Post by reivilo1960 on Jul 31, 2006 17:44:54 GMT -5
And Tom was kind enough to supply me with a bee-grower headnet before we hit the road... but with insect repellent, feeling like in a cage was not necessary, as Tom had warned all the Quebec bugs to keep quiet during his fieldtrips along with a stupid European's visitor underestimating the nastiness of Northern American maringouins namely  Thanks again Tom for this "splendide" (quote) week ! OL |
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Post by PingKing on Oct 27, 2006 16:48:46 GMT -5
Nice job.
I did a couple of field trips here in Alberta near the foothills and found absolutely no carnivorous plants at all and I was wondering if there is actually any since we get such a dry weather
Cheers
Xavier
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Post by vraev on Oct 28, 2006 18:43:35 GMT -5
wow..its amazing. |
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Post by tom on Oct 29, 2006 7:21:40 GMT -5
Carnyboy: weather will 'dictate' a bit the type of soil/environnement you get in your area. Though, I think there is some bogs in Alberta by what I've saw on the net. If you can find one, there is some good chance you'll at least find Drosera rotundifolia. For the rest, I would have to find a list of vascular plants of Alberta to help you, since I,m not sure of what's growing there at all! |
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Post by lloyd on Oct 29, 2006 9:37:28 GMT -5
I know I saw a large "stand" of large pings on a drippy cliff face somewhere in the Rockies. It was years ago but if it wasn't on the Alberta side it was very close. I used to live in Calgary and we would go hiking in the mountains about every second week.
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Post by tom on Jun 30, 2007 11:37:49 GMT -5
An update! Some of you might remember the fieldtrip I did with Olivier last year in the bogs where we saw all green purp? I was lucky enough, 2 days from my moving, to be able to go there to see it in flower and then confirm it is indeed Sarracenia purpurea f. heterophylla!   With a red one in comparison, in the same bog  And some of the heterophylla are even in the recruitment of the bog, seen growing in Sphagnum magellanicum There weren't many in flower, about 10, despite the large number we saw last year. Never the less, it was nice to see them in flower, and no variation were seen in the few flowers, since we saw some 'intermediate' plants last year, but all of them wearing a least a little red venation were bearing red flowers. There was about as many red ones in flower than white ones. Still a lot of hydrids Drosera, D. linearis and D. rotundifolia, some about to flower U. cornuta... and a great scenery |
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