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For the saprophytes I don't know if they have a seasonal pattern. Truly I don't know much about them at all. The sundews I grow tend to die back in the fall, s
by dendrite9 2y ago
For the saprophytes I don't know if they have a seasonal pattern. Truly I don't know much about them at all.
The sundews I grow tend to die back in the fall, so it might be coming to the end of their season soon. We were there in June. There are 2 species of sundews there that I saw, they look similar but if you get close to the ground you can see there are different heights/shapes and I think they tend to catch different insects as a result.
Drosera anglica and rotundifolia. There's also pinguicula vulgaris that's carnivourous and has a purple flower.
I want to say we saw sundews somewhere else on our trip, maybe out towards the coast like Ucluelet or Port Renfrew area?
- steve_adams_86 2y agoI’ve been deep diving on this since your comment. Did you maybe see some at the bog near tofino? That’s a popular one in the general area of Ucluelet that seems promising. I have no idea why I hadn’t considered looking for these kinds of plants on the island, but thanks again! I’ve got heaps of places to check out over the next year or two. I’m absolutely stoked!
- dendrite9 2y agoI went and looked at our pictures it was the bog boardwalk in Ucluelet but the shorepine bog trail also had them. I don't know if both species of sundew were there, I didn't know to look for different types. inaturalist is pretty good for finding reports of them. https://www.wildpacifictrail.com/bog%20interpretive%20trail.html https://www.wildpacifictrail.com/bog%20interpretive%20trail....