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Post by kinabalu on Nov 16, 2008 12:42:12 GMT -10
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Post by twoton on Nov 18, 2008 22:35:29 GMT -10
Wow, what a flood of excellent pictures! Didn't know there are almost black vieillardis....and those droseras are fantastic!
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Post by unclemasa on Nov 19, 2008 8:28:12 GMT -10
Fantastic report Kina!
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Post by rainforest on Aug 1, 2009 10:26:05 GMT -10
This is so reminiscent of the Hawai'ian landscape with its red clay and similar vegetation of Hawai'ian Ohi'a lehua and ulu'he ferns. I am curious about the metrosideros as seen in the earlier shots with sedges similar to our natives. I can imagine that the area gets very hot and looks dry. Although regarded as a "lowland" region, what is the night time temperature drops like?
This is an interesting group of nepenthes. The variations and different habitats show so much diversity in this species. Again the only form in tc represents just a single form and doesn't do justice for this species. The plants here all look vigorous despite harsh conditions. Yet the tc clone grows so slow and is difficult to even keep alive.
There should be more effort to bring this species to cultivation as seed grown originals instead of random tc clones.
M
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