Here is another fantastic treat from Fernando Rivadavia.
Fernando wrote
The photos were resized for the Web. The original photos are at
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz700....006.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz700....010.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Rivadavia/U.steyermarkii%201.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Rivadavia/U.steyermarkii%203.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Rivadavia/U.steyermarkii%204.jpg
U. sandwithii
U. steyermarkii
Fernando wrote
[b said:Quote[/b] ]Here are some pics from this last trip of the rare U. sandwithii and the ultra-rare U. steyermarkii. I'll include them below so you can put them up for all to see.
U. sandwithii was found growing with U.subulata in sandy patches near a natural spring in Amazonian lowlands around the Ianomami Indian village of Platanal, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela. Taylor says it's only known from the Colombia-Venezuela border to Guyana, including Roraima state in Brazil, but that it is hardly ever collected, very rare in herbarium.
U. steyermarkii was found on the Neblina Massif, in a wet shady spot by a stream, together with D. hirticalyx. Taylor says U. aureomaculata is only known from 2 collections on Auyan and one from Akopan. So this new collection extends the known range of U. steyermarkii by several hundred km!
The photos were resized for the Web. The original photos are at
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz700....006.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz700....010.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Rivadavia/U.steyermarkii%201.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Rivadavia/U.steyermarkii%203.jpg
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Rivadavia/U.steyermarkii%204.jpg
U. sandwithii
U. steyermarkii