New Zealand Alpine Field Trips - Spring 2014

[ichristie]

A few more.

[ichristie]

Hi again sorry the Raoulia is buchanani, more pics, very interesting forms of Ranunculus lyalii  Ian

[kiwi]

HI Ian and Ann, glad you made iit home safely. I shot out back today to check on the flowering of the Ranunculus haastii, even took along our buttercup detection dog...
Some amazing Raoulia eximia & Chionohebe pulvinaris.

[kiwi]

R.haastii....

[kiwi]

The buttercup dog also managed to sniff out these other beauties, R enysii and R monroi (although I think this one may be revised)
The last shot I believe is Ourisia caespitosa.

[ranunculus]

Oh my, oh my, oh my … be still my beating heart.  I've never been envious of a dog before!!!!

[David Lyttle]

A new an exciting find for me on the top ridge-line was this Pachycladon species, I need some help with this ID please, possibily P. fastigiatum or P. stellatum?

Hi Doug and Hamish,

Nice to see your postings of your botanical adventures. I am fairly certain your Pachycladon is Pachycladon latisiliquum. It is a northwest Nelson endemic whereas Pachycladon stellatum  (Hamish's ID) is a very rare plant that is restricted to Marlbourough.

I am posting a picture of Pachycladon latisiliquum with a mature and immature plant taken on the Thousand Acre Plateau.

I was also going to comment on your mystery Celmisia (= C. densiflora which it is not) but Mr Toole seems to have settled on C. sinclairii as its name. I am not going to offer an opinion as I have never seen the that species and decent picture seem to be scarce as well.

Loved you Celmisia hybrids from Mt Arthur the C. traversii x C. sessiliflora hybrids are really neat but what are the first two photos in the posting?

[David Lyttle]

Hi Ian,

Pleased you and Ann had an enjoyable trip and saw plenty of plants. The Raoulia tucked between two slabs of rock ( between Steve and Ranunculus haastii ) is Raoulia eximia. You need to come further south to see Raoulia buchananii which you would have seen had you been able to fly into the Eyre Mountains.

all the best,

David

[ichristie]

Hello Kiwi and others almost back to normal now and the snow is melting nearly as col here as it was on our mountain adventure, more pictures to follow, first is the mountain we were at the top. cheers Ian the Christie kind.

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[ichristie]

Hi Dave yes I realised that I had got it wrong probably other names as well I am going to post several Celmisia pictures as seen?.  cheers Ian the Christie kind.

[David Lyttle]

Hi Ian,

You save all the tricky ones for me;

1 not sure; Celmisia allanii
2 Celmisia incana
3 Raoulia grandiflora
4 can't be sure however there are two species present in the group
5 Celmisia allanii a very nice picture of that species (some people consider it to be a form of C. incana but I don't)

[ruweiss]

Dear friends,
many thanks for showing us so many beautiful pictures of these
far away plants and flowers, That is what I love at the forum!

[ichristie]

Hello David we saw so many Celmisias all wonderful would love to have a collection here anyway a few more plant pictures, cheers Ian the Christie kind.

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[ichristie]

Next lot
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[ichristie]

A  few plant we saw in gardens so many pictures the gardens were fantastic saw interesting wildlife as well cheers Ian the Christie kind

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    Bluff notice 1
    Bluff view
    Cyps in whisky barrel