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Post by WillyCKH on Jan 28, 2017 12:24:27 GMT -5
Hello all! I'm planning to visiting some bogs this year, any suggestion? I know there are few on Victoria Island, I'm hoping to visit there. I will be taking some photographs there and study their growing habitat. You can PM me the suggestions too! Thank you Willy
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Post by lloyd on Jan 28, 2017 12:41:40 GMT -5
There used to be a Pacific Northwest CP, see if you can contact them.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jan 28, 2017 13:19:21 GMT -5
Thanks, I'll try to contact them.
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Post by roraima on Jan 28, 2017 17:26:22 GMT -5
PM me Willy if you're interested in visiting some on southern Vancouver Island...FYI it's best to have a 4x4 to access.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jan 28, 2017 17:28:49 GMT -5
PM me Willy if you're interested in visiting some on southern Vancouver Island...FYI it's best to have a 4x4 to access. I dont have access to a 4x4
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Post by lloyd on Jan 28, 2017 18:33:13 GMT -5
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Post by H2O on Jan 28, 2017 18:53:03 GMT -5
Roraima and I go out as much as we can during the summer. If you plan on coming over we could arrange a worth while trip. Most of the easy to access bogs are very long drives and not really worth the time if you're only interested in CP's. Most of those bogs just have rotundifolia and rarely anglica, loads of other cool plants though. The bogs that are a little harder to get to are much more rewarding and less of a drive, just much more walking, plan to be walking for several hours in and out.
Shoot me a PM (along with Roraima) and I'll send you my number and we can plan something.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jan 28, 2017 20:03:46 GMT -5
Great! Thanks for the offer!
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Post by hal on Jan 28, 2017 23:04:09 GMT -5
I went on a bog tour with H2O, roraima, luke and one of their friends a couple of summers ago. Highly recommended. Lots of pings and dews but also orchids and other interesting plants. They know a lot about plants! We were lucky enough to meet up with a foreman who radioed ahead to make sure no trucks were barrelling down the logging road we used to access the bog.
Remember that if you encounter a bear, you only need to run faster than the slowest person there.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jan 29, 2017 1:30:25 GMT -5
I'll make sure to bring a slower person with me
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Post by pinhead on Jan 29, 2017 20:13:36 GMT -5
The Pacific Northwest CP club has been defunct for quite a few years.
The only CP's you are going to see in the lower mainland are Drosera rotundifolia at Burns Bog and Camosun Bog at UBC. If you have a canoe, you can see Drosera rotundifolia, Drosera anglica and Utricularia macrorhiza at Mike Lake at Golden Ears Park (you might be able to see them from the board walk) and I also know where you can see Pinguicula vulgaris in Golden Ears park.
That's about it for CP's I have seen personally.
There are a few other CP's in BC but nothing too interesting. Link to list of BC CP's
I know one of the members of the old club visited the Sarracenia purpurea site near Fort Nelson. Hawaiian Botanicals had a lot of the descendants for sale last time I was there.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jan 29, 2017 20:22:20 GMT -5
awesome, thank you
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Post by kdawg on Jan 29, 2017 20:45:52 GMT -5
Roraima and I go out as much as we can during the summer. If you plan on coming over we could arrange a worth while trip. Most of the easy to access bogs are very long drives and not really worth the time if you're only interested in CP's. Most of those bogs just have rotundifolia and rarely anglica, loads of other cool plants though. The bogs that are a little harder to get to are much more rewarding and less of a drive, just much more walking, plan to be walking for several hours in and out. Shoot me a PM (along with Roraima) and I'll send you my number and we can plan something. Im in! I can bring a truck and guns too ( H20, I know you love shooting stuff)
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Post by H2O on Jan 30, 2017 0:20:20 GMT -5
I went on a bog tour with H2O, roraima, luke and one of their friends a couple of summers ago. Highly recommended. Lots of pings and dews but also orchids and other interesting plants. They know a lot about plants! We were lucky enough to meet up with a foreman who radioed ahead to make sure no trucks were barrelling down the logging road we used to access the bog. Remember that if you encounter a bear, you only need to run faster than the slowest person there. This was an awesome day! Would any of the mainland peeps be interested in a BBQ at my place? We could do it on a weekend so the mainlanders could come over in the morning and still be able to make it back for the night. More then happy to host something along with a bog trip.
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Post by jbron on Jan 30, 2017 13:42:07 GMT -5
There probably isn't much going on at those bogs right now eh? I'm gunna be heading to Victoria this coming weekend. Wouldn't mind checking out a couple of those areas anyways!
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