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Post by siti on Sept 11, 2007 18:13:15 GMT 8
Hi everyone! Is anyone know the right place which i can find Drosera sp. in Peninsular Malaysia. Based on our collection, D. burmanni had collected from Terengganu, Pahang and G. Ledang. D. indica only collected from Langkawi. If any member's know about this, i hope u dont mind to share any info with me. Thank u very much. Best regard, ct
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Post by lisham on Sept 11, 2007 18:36:52 GMT 8
if you can give me the type of wild growing condition of d. indica then maybe I can look for a likely spot....
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Post by piscesilim on Sept 11, 2007 21:32:33 GMT 8
Hi, Siti. Did you mean that you personally met those sundew in those area? Don't know our place got D. burmanni and D. indica. Really exicted to know about this!
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Post by piscesilim on Sept 11, 2007 21:54:25 GMT 8
Hmm... D. indica in Langkawi... Siti, Did you study it's life span?
Don't know if the Langkawi's D. indica will live longer than the strain I have now? May be the tropica one won't died after got flower...
Siti. Do you have the photo for this sundew?
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Post by siti on Sept 12, 2007 8:54:55 GMT 8
lisham- D. indica habit; heathy or sandy places, speciemen note: 'surrounding Langkawi' Piscesilim- I have seen Drosera in Kew Garden and Hortus Botanicus Garden, Leiden, The Netherland, mostly cultivated but i never met Drosera in wild yet. i'm looking forward to find it. In FRIM, we have very poor collection on Dosera, but from SING herbarium (S'pore), D. indica had colllected from Langkawi in 1889 by Curtis and in 1900 by M. Haniff (Famous Malay Plant Collector). If anyone can find Drosera again in Langkawi, that be very good, there is no record found in others places yet. For D. burmanni, usually in damp sandy spots, mossy places, more widespread than D. indica. It has been found a few places in Terengganu and Pahang and also on Kedah Peak and Mt Ophir (old name for Mt. Ledang). I have photo for specimen herbarium of D. indica from Langkawi, how can i share here? anwy, Drosera herbarium specimen not good looking as the life one huhu.. Sharing the interesting plant with all the Lover's really great. I 'm very pleasure if u guys can give me some advise on Drosera (anything about habit, morphology or else..) In Malaysia, the easy place to find Drosera is Tmn Ngr Bako. But, again, i never been to Borneo yet. Hopely, we can share more in future.
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Post by tarence on Sept 12, 2007 9:23:07 GMT 8
Siti, d.burmanii can also be found nearby kuching. can`t reveal the exact location tho.
you are welcomed to view some varieties of drosera in my garden if you wish...limited lah compared to Kew Gardens ( my dream place to visit or even work as a gardener, heheh )....check out the grow list section for what i have if you are keen.
btw, is the spellling burmanni or burmanii ? i think it`s the latter rite.....but do correct me if i`m wrong coz i meself often get confused.
cheers Siti.....
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Post by siti on Sept 12, 2007 9:52:35 GMT 8
Thanks Tarence.. i willing to vsit ur garden. can u give me ur contact number. .u can email me. about the spelling.. u can check the right spelling in IPNI. D. burmanni is the correct one. Droseraceae: Drosera burmanni Vahl -- Symbolae Botanicae 3 1794 (APNI) cheers..
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Post by tarence on Sept 12, 2007 10:05:09 GMT 8
ok, noted...i`ll pm you on my contact #. thx.
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Post by piscesilim on Sept 12, 2007 12:05:21 GMT 8
Hmm... 1900... That's mean no record for D. indica after 1900? It's about 100 years ago! Anyway, I would like to explore around the Langkawi once I got enough money.
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Post by tarence on Sept 12, 2007 13:32:09 GMT 8
ask Lisham to bring you round lah Lim if you go.....i think he knows all the corners, bushes, small jungles, streams etc. heheh.
i don`t understand how come droseras haven`t been spotted there after 1900. was there a drastic climatic change or some huge forest fire which extincted the plants ? hmmmm.....
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Post by David on Sept 12, 2007 13:50:29 GMT 8
Perhaps it's development. These plants are so delicate and small. Even if they were growing on a few meter square area and a group of hikers walked by, there goes the plants. All smashed and elimited.
I doubt it is because of poaching as not many people know about these plants in Malaysia and there are no literature easily available on these plants.
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Post by jonathan on Sept 13, 2007 1:07:39 GMT 8
Hi Siti...
Glad that i can meet you here too... haha... how are you doing??? hopefully everything is fine... anyway just drop by to say hi...
Regards Jonathan
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Post by lisham on Sept 13, 2007 8:56:19 GMT 8
ask Lisham to bring you round lah Lim if you go.....i think he knows all the corners, bushes, small jungles, streams etc. heheh. i don`t understand how come droseras haven`t been spotted there after 1900. was there a drastic climatic change or some huge forest fire which extincted the plants ? hmmmm..... Haah... you come la... but bring souvenirs ok? Anyway, I dont think people didnt not spot any drosera here. i think even if they see it, they wont know what it is, especially for D. indica, unless seen in bright sunlight, it'll look like some grass blade with dew all over... Ok, how bout giving me the basic growing condition for d. indica (swamp, sandy soil, etc), so I can guess the most likely spot to find them in.
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Post by piscesilim on Sept 13, 2007 12:22:43 GMT 8
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