Well it was a very nice sunny day on Friday so me and a friend (Kyrill) went in search of a form of U. dichotoma that Kyrill had seen growing and flowering as a suspended aquatic. We had also had a tip-off that U. australis was growing in the area.
After a very long (over 2 hour) drive we finaly arived in the area we were to search. The first water hole we found had a few dried D. auriculata remains scattered around. The interesting thing with these is that the plants had multiple stems from the base with a number of plant having 3 stems. This is something that I have very rarely seen in the past. While I was examining these plants I heared a very excited Kyrill, who had just found some red U. australis. At this point we grabbed the camera only to realise there was no memory, it was over two hours away sitting next to the battery charger...
We drove to another water hole where Kyrill had seen the U. dichotoma growing. He ran off into the dense reeds, and I heared a " **** it's dry!". After crashing through stands of dry reeds we finaly found a few damp patches where we found some U. dichotoma growing. There were a few scapes still open and a number of seed pods around. The flowers looked like typical dichotoma but the stems looked thicker than normal. I assume this is an adaptation to growing in 3 feet of water.
All in all a good days work that turned up three new forms of plants that I had not seen before. Even if we (Kyrill!!) did forget the memory for the camera.
George
After a very long (over 2 hour) drive we finaly arived in the area we were to search. The first water hole we found had a few dried D. auriculata remains scattered around. The interesting thing with these is that the plants had multiple stems from the base with a number of plant having 3 stems. This is something that I have very rarely seen in the past. While I was examining these plants I heared a very excited Kyrill, who had just found some red U. australis. At this point we grabbed the camera only to realise there was no memory, it was over two hours away sitting next to the battery charger...
We drove to another water hole where Kyrill had seen the U. dichotoma growing. He ran off into the dense reeds, and I heared a " **** it's dry!". After crashing through stands of dry reeds we finaly found a few damp patches where we found some U. dichotoma growing. There were a few scapes still open and a number of seed pods around. The flowers looked like typical dichotoma but the stems looked thicker than normal. I assume this is an adaptation to growing in 3 feet of water.
All in all a good days work that turned up three new forms of plants that I had not seen before. Even if we (Kyrill!!) did forget the memory for the camera.
George