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Author Topic: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand  (Read 132348 times)

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #315 on: December 15, 2017, 08:00:59 AM »
As we climbed, trying to avoid the numerous Aciphyllas, the wet weather set in again for a short period and that seemed to be the pattern for most of day.

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Finally reaching the tarn below Hummock Peak we gained a clear view of the screes and cliffs we planned to study in more detail .

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Near the tarn Mo found Haastia sinclairii in bloom.

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Unfortunately we were too early for Ranunculus pilifera with most plants just coming through the scree surface.




However numerous Stelleria roughii were in flower.

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Dave Toole. Invercargill bottom of the South Island New Zealand. Zone 9 maritime climate 1100mm rainfall pa.

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #316 on: December 15, 2017, 08:02:33 AM »
Thanks Lesley, thanks Dave.

What wonderful tender little plant. Especially nicely I find the stage of the blossom if it still hangs down.

The third photo from yesterday is really great. These precipitous slopes, completely with stones and plants. Fantastically. And David Lyttle is also to be seen sometimes. Perfectly. 😁

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #317 on: December 15, 2017, 08:09:05 AM »
A few more plants

Celmisia semicordata ssp stricta .



Foliage of the impressive Aciphylla 'Lomond' and flower.

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Acaena sps .

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #318 on: December 15, 2017, 08:12:27 AM »
... oh my God. Haastia sinclairii and Stelleria roughii in full blossoming. Can there be something nicer? I do not believe.

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #319 on: December 15, 2017, 08:39:43 AM »
On and around the cliffs .

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Raoulia buchananii in varying shades of silver green ,some starting to flower.

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A lovely Celmisia hybrid between semicordata and verbascifolia .

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Raoulia grandiflora just needing a bit of warmth.

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #320 on: December 15, 2017, 09:00:07 AM »
... oh my God. Haastia sinclairii and Stelleria roughii in full blossoming. Can there be something nicer? I do not believe.

 ;D ;D

One of the smaller Aciphyllas .A. lecomtei

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Celmisia sps



In bud ,the small cryptic hairy leafed Ranunculus scrithalis which is confined to the Eyre Mountains .

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Nearby another small Ranunculus showing immediate leaf form between R.pilifera in shape and colouring and R. scrithalis in hairyness ...... :-\

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View as we slowly made our way down .

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Cheers Dave.










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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #321 on: December 15, 2017, 10:59:52 AM »
Looks to have been a rewarding trek Dave with lots of plants and great scenery,  thanks for sharing it with us here.
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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #322 on: December 15, 2017, 12:01:36 PM »
Wonderful walking and botanizing country Dave.  Thanks for bringing us along.
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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #323 on: December 15, 2017, 12:17:13 PM »
... I can only recur. Indescribably fantastically. And every time I get to know new plants. Ranunculus scrithalis I have never seen. What a archaic plant. I believe, I lose the mind. Also the small Aciphylla lecomtei... Insanity.

Thanks Dave ... this was a good day. 😊

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #324 on: December 15, 2017, 02:37:16 PM »

pictures of Helichrysum depressum and Argyrotegion nitidulum

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Thomas

Had to google Argyrotegion as I'm not familiar with that genus, couldn't find it with that spelling, did find it in The Plant List spelled Argyrotegium nitidulum, and having the synonym of Gnaphalium nitidiulum, and a separate entry with Gnaphalium nitidulum. Another synonym is Euchiton nitidulus. I find it curious with two variants of the species name.

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #325 on: December 15, 2017, 04:18:04 PM »
Had to google Argyrotegion as I'm not familiar with that genus, couldn't find it with that spelling, did find it in The Plant List spelled Argyrotegium nitidulum, and having the synonym of Gnaphalium nitidiulum, and a separate entry with Gnaphalium nitidulum. Another synonym is Euchiton nitidulus. I find it curious with two variants of the species name.

Sorry, I'm very late to this topic.

Hello, Mark.

You are right independently. The correct name is Argyrotegium nitidulum. I have taken down the name wrong in my recordings. I am to you very thankfully for the correction. So I love this forum. One can learn a lot. Particularly if one is a "greenhorn"... how I. Again many thanks. I will take down the right name immediately.

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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #326 on: December 15, 2017, 06:34:25 PM »
Hello, Mark.

You are right independently. The correct name is Argyrotegium nitidulum. I have taken down the name wrong in my recordings. I am to you very thankfully for the correction. So I love this forum. One can learn a lot. Particularly if one is a "greenhorn"... how I. Again many thanks. I will take down the right name immediately.

The best greetings
Thomas

Yes, this forum is a great repository of valuable information. When I don't recognize a plant name I always look it up, often to find out that I do indeed know the plant but under a genus synonym (like Gnaphalium in this case), so hard to keep up with these name changes. I have to go back to page 2 of this topic, and pour through the rest of these pages, so many marvelous NZ plants, I've always had a fascination with the New Zealand flora, even though many will not be hardy here in northern New England, USA.  I must spend less time on Facebook plant groups, and return more often to SRGC Forum. I have given up on NARGS Forum, it can often go a whole week or more without a single new post.

Thank you Thomas  :)
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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #327 on: December 15, 2017, 06:50:12 PM »
Wow Toolie is that the special Ranunculus you were going into the mountains to look for before you take the researcher?
If it was you’ll be pleased you found it.
Your pictures are beautiful
Thank you for posting
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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #328 on: December 15, 2017, 07:36:57 PM »
Looks to have been a rewarding trek Dave with lots of plants and great scenery,  thanks for sharing it with us here.
Wonderful walking and botanizing country Dave.  Thanks for bringing us along.
... I can only recur. Indescribably fantastically. And every time I get to know new plants. Ranunculus scrithalis I have never seen. What a archaic plant. I believe, I lose the mind. Also the small Aciphylla lecomtei... Insanity.

Thanks Dave ... this was a good day. 😊

Thomas

Thanks Guys .

It was just on 11 hours when I finally returned to the vehicle ,so a longish day and the legs were 'dead'  for sure the next morning..... ::)   ;D

Wow Toolie is that the special Ranunculus you were going into the mountains to look for before you take the researcher?
If it was you’ll be pleased you found it.
Your pictures are beautiful
Thank you for posting
 

Thanks Juls
No not the Ranunculus .....Myosotis glabrescens was the plant we were targeting .Only found one plant which unfortunately wasn't in flower   :'(......

Cheers Dave.
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Re: alpine and subalpine Plants from New Zealand
« Reply #329 on: December 15, 2017, 09:07:56 PM »
Oh well Toolie you still found some amazing plants !
Hopefully some new adventures coming up?
We need to see nice ppictures of plants when it’s icy in Scotland  ;)
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