Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:25:50 From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2482$foo@default> Subject: Re: _Utricularia_ Identification
Dear CP-man,
> Today, while searching through another bog down here, I came across a pond.
Where?
> I found in there lots of an Ultricularia species. Only a few were in flower.
> The flowers are yellow and white and are an inch in diameter. It is an
> aquatic.
Is it fixed to the ground or freely floating?
> The bladders are 2mm in diamter. It reminded me of a herbaecous
> tree
This is quite a paradoxon (trees are always woody, not herbaceous).
There is, however, no woody species in _Utricularia_, so it most
probably reminded you of a herb.
> because the bladders were not scattered, they branched out from the
> main stem and the bladders acted like leaves would as they grow from the
> braches.
Does the plant have any leaves? It should have them. How are these
positioned relative to the traps?
> Does anyone know what this might be?
It might be an _Utricularia_ or any similar plant.
> Or can I send a sample to someone for identification?
You should conserve a sample in any case. It would be best to put a
complete specimen (incl. flowers and fruits, if present) into 70%
(v/v) ethanol.
You should first try to identify the species yourself. This is not a
major problem with Taylor's monograph (your university library ought
to have it).
If this fails, you could send me an alcohol-conserved specimen (this
may become rather expensive, depending on where you are sending from).
My address is:
Jan Schlauer
Zwischenstr. 11
60594 Frankfurt
Germany
Good luck & kind regards
Jan
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