CP expedition to Yamato - 06/2004 - Part 2

Writer: Sebastián Vieira
Photography: Sebatián Vieira

The second habitat I found was a very slow flowing seasonal stream of water running between tall grasses and ending into a deeper lake with clear waters. Inside this stream there was a good variety of floating and submerged aquatic plants, and in some open places where good light was available you could see the scattered yellow flowers of U.tricohpylla. It was growing as affixed aquatic, always below water and the scapes rising from the bottom to the surface to expose the beautiful yellow flowers. At shallower places it was easy to spot the numerous long photosintetic stolons, sometimes branching several times.

U.tricophylla in its natural habitat.	Flower of U.tricophylla.	Flower of U.tricophylla, is this its pollinator?
Another example of U.tricophylla flowers.	Other view of the same flowers.	The long and branching "leaves" of U.tricophylla.

Searching more in this same habitat another species of Utricularia was found. It was not common and finding flowers was not easy; I am talking about the stem forming aquatic, U.cucullata.

The nice flower of U.cucullata.	The stem with some leaves and traps. Some U.gibba here too?
Other view of the flower of U.cucullata.	Possible pollinator of U.cucullata.

Another species I will show later on the third part of this article, U.hispida, was also found here growing among tall grasses at places where the soil was not covered with water.

Go on to Part 3 for more interesting species.

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