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| Here is a plant I found growing with Utricularia simulans, wich is very similar to it. |
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| Utricularia sandwithii is a plant wich seem to be new for Fr.Guyana by the discovery of this station. |
| The identity of the plant have been confirmed by Dr.Andreas Fleischmann. |
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| The species was cited in Hoff & Cremer's list from 2004, but without any data |
| about it's localisation, nore if it's really present in _French_ Guyana. |
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| Many ancient botanical studies have been made in the Guyana area, |
| and the presence of some plants have to be confirmed first, regarding our country. |
| For this species it is the case now. |
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| The plant is very similar to U.simulans. The 2 species grow together at the same place of the biotope, |
| but the first to flourish is U.simulans ; U.sandwithii will follow 3 to 4 weeks later. |
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| The plants present in Fr.Guyana look pretty different from the typical plants : |
| The type plants have a reddish inflorescence, red sepals and yellow petals. |
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| U.simulans have green stalks, and yellow corollas. |
| The form of U.sandwithii from Fr.Guyana have a green stalk, and yellow corollas. |
| This is certainly the reason why it's presence seem to have never been confirmed. |
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| The station is situated in a savana, wich is covered with tall and thick grasses at this place of the biotope. |
| The situation of this particuliar biotope is also special : |
| it is not innoundated, and if it is, only a small layer of water will cover the ground for a short period. |
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| This plant will flourish only after weeks of sunny weather, when the ground is rather dry, |
| near to the end of the rainy season. The plants have to push themselves 30cm out of the grasses |
| before it is granted to develop the flowers : |
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| The fact is that these plants begin their live as very small beings : |
| curiously, they begin to build the flowers at the same time as they grow ! |
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| Once they grow enough, they build their flowers. |
| This picture illustrate this : the plants are present at two stages, in full bloom and in full growth : |
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| Of course, some plants will build their flowers before all the others... |
| But this depends also from the conditions : if they are more rude, the plants will be smaller : |
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| This plant is a jewel : |
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| The morphology of the plants present in Fr.Guyana must be examinated more precisely, |
| as there are evidences for these plants to be a subspecies of U.sandwithii |
| or a natural hybrid between U.sandwithii & U.simulans - pers.comment from A.Fleishmann. |
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| If the plants are hybrids, both parents should be present somewhere in the area ; |
| if not, then the hybrid is fertile. But the plant is most certainly only a local variation of the species. |
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| Any further & new informations will be published here after verification. |
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