NZ Field Trips January 2011

[angie]

Somehow I missed this thread so far !
Just spent a great time, catching up !

Gorgeous pictures David and Dave !
Thanks so much for posting !

Same here Luc. Boy I wish I could have seen those lovely Celmisia sessiliflora close up.
What a fantastic place to see.

Angie

[t00lie]

A couple more plant picture and some scenery.

 The country that one has to traverse to get the pictures for posting on this forum. Blue dots show approximate route taken with red X denoting highest point attained.The scree is very mobile and it is difficult to sustain upward progress but descending is not too bad.

Seems a doddle David    

Thanks for posting the Boyd Creek area which is new to me so i'm obviously keen to have a look sometime.

However I'm just back from the NZAGS weekend at Dobson/Fox Peak and the body needs to recover .I had a little fall while crossing one of the small creeks on Saturday --didn't realize the damage i had done until my return home Sunday night --whacking the inside of the knee onto rock is not recommended  
It's not been the best of weeks --a spider bite the week before ,while showing a number of SRGC members ,(8 Danish folk), around Southland caused quite a bit of swelling.

ps Thanks for the camera tips --my pics over the weekend were a big improvement --the depth of field especially was stunning.

Somehow I missed this thread so far !
Just spent a great time, catching up !

Gorgeous pictures David and Dave !
Thanks so much for posting !

Same here Luc. Boy I wish I could have seen those lovely Celmisia sessiliflora close up.
What a fantastic place to see.

Angie

Thanks Luc and Angie

Not sure if you have seen my postings on the NARGS forum.
I've copied the link below in case you are interested.

http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=374.0

Cheers Dave.

[David Lyttle]

Thanks Magnar, Luc and Angie for your kind comments. I am still trying to catalogue my photos from Januaryand identify a number of things.

Dave, Boyd Creek is an interesting place. There must have been a lot of deer there once or it was burnt because some of the things you would expect to be there are not or are not down in the basin. They seem to come in again up on the vegetated bits. Glad the camera tips were helpful to you - I would hate to think you spent all that money on an SLR and is was no improvement over your Point and shoot not mention carrying all that glass around

[Paul T]

David,

Just caught up with this topic.  Some brilliant stuff you've photographed.  I particularly like the white Thelymitra longifolia, which look great, but there are so many other things as well.  Thanks for showing us.

[cohan]

Some great colours and textures in the foliage--those long leafed Celmisias, etc..
And how can you not love the Stellaria..

[Maren]

Hi Dave,

amazing how you managed to spot the Ranunculus crimithfolius among the rocks of identical colour.

I have been trying to read up more about this plant but can't find it in any botanical database. Could it be known under a different name?

[Maggi Young]

There's been a typo, Maren, the plant is Ranunculus crithmifolius



edited to repair MY typo!!

[David Nicholson]

There's been a typo, Maren, the plant is Ranunculus crithmithfolius

That's one to say with a lisp

[Maggi Young]

Yeth, and I'm only sithteen.......

[David Nicholson]

I'll take the big breaths Maggi!

[Maggi Young]

 

[David Lyttle]

Clearly the plant is very cryptic - it seems no one including myself can spell the name correctly. It is Ranunculus crithmifolius. ( I have copied and pasted it from the NZPCN http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=1226website to avoid any further mistakes.)

Maren,

I have seen four people walk over a patch of the plant before a fifth spotted it. Once you get your eye in you just keep finding more plants.