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zanguli-ya-zamba

zanguli-ya-zamba

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Hi guys,

So as said in my previous post, I went to Zongo waterfalls this weekend to hunt for plants in their natural habitat.
After 5 hours of road we reach the falls. It was a huge deception to me when we reach the spot because the river feeding the falls was almost empty. First time in 15 years that I saw the water that low. There is a dam 300 m before the falls, and as we are at the end of the dry season the river is at its lower level. So they have to close the dam so they have enough water to produce electricity, the consequences is this empty waterfall. See the first picture usually it's full of water on that wall.
So I was a bit worried about finding this beautiful small stem plant. So we went to the fall a 30 minutes walk down the valley. A hard walk for me as I am just healing from a Astragalus broken. The place were I found 4 years ago this plant was completely dry.... So I was more worry to find it. After 15 minute of walking in the rocks I finally found it and I took some to study it in the tank. After a small chat with Tom Barr the plant is unknown to him, I will ask Heiko Bleher if he knows it. So here are some pictures of that plant where I collected it. I also found some cyperus so I collected samples. All the aquatic plants were flowering on site due certainly to that dryness.
The second part of that trip was to go to an other waterfall at 15 km from there where I could find some Bolbitis and take picture of them.
So next morning we went there again a hard walk of 30 minutes to reach the place.
So I was able to find these Bolbitis to shot them, I have found also some anubias at took pictures of it.
So hope everyone like the story... and it not finish... now the hard part will be keeping that stem plant alive emerge and put some in the tank. I know it works as I have already kept it for 1 year in my tank.
Cheers
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Hi all,
That is brilliant, I hadn't realised Bolbitis was a lithophyte, and I couldn't picture how it grew in the wild, but seeing this makes much more sense.

The tree "skeleton" is the aerial roots of a strangler fig, its host tree trunk (which would have filled the circular void) has rotted away.

zanguli-ya-zamba said:
Cyperus Sp flower.
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The bigger plant, with the leaves in threes, is the Cyperus (or a Carex). They have a reduced flower, without any petals.

The little white flowered one looks interesting, I might be able to tell which family it belongs to from a shot of the inside of the flower (you need to be able to see the stamens and ovary), Acanthaceae would be a possibility, but the flower doesn't look to be sub-tended by a bract.

cheers Darrel
 
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dw1305 said:
Hi all,
That is brilliant, I hadn't realised Bolbitis was a lithophyte, and I couldn't picture how it grew in the wild, but seeing this makes much more sense.

The tree "skeleton" is the aerial roots of a strangler fig, its host tree trunk (which would have filled the circular void) has rotted away.

96627006965d3b328adce5f6e0a29f0c.jpg

The bigger plant, with the leaves in threes, is the Cyperus (or a Carex). They have a reduced flower, without any petals.

The little white flowered one looks interesting, I might be able to tell which family it belongs to from a shot of the inside of the flower (you need to be able to see the stamens and ovary), Acanthaceae would be a possibility, but the flower doesn't look to be sub-tended by a bract.

cheers Darrel
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Hi thanks for your answer.
You are right I made a mistake about the name of the plant that is flowering.
I will try to make a photo of the inside of the flower.

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dw1305 said:
Hi all,
That is brilliant, I hadn't realised Bolbitis was a lithophyte, and I couldn't picture how it grew in the wild, but seeing this makes much more sense.

The tree "skeleton" is the aerial roots of a strangler fig, its host tree trunk (which would have filled the circular void) has rotted away.

96627006965d3b328adce5f6e0a29f0c.jpg

The bigger plant, with the leaves in threes, is the Cyperus (or a Carex). They have a reduced flower, without any petals.

The little white flowered one looks interesting, I might be able to tell which family it belongs to from a shot of the inside of the flower (you need to be able to see the stamens and ovary), Acanthaceae would be a possibility, but the flower doesn't look to be sub-tended by a bract.

cheers Darrel
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I dont thing it s an Acanthaceae. I went to check for pictures of different Acanthaceae sp and it doesn't correspond. Mostly Acanthaceae have "big" flower compare to sp I have. Plus the way the flower is "poping out" doesn't look like Acanthaceae flower do. I am not an expert at all ....

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Edvet said:
Some kind of Bacopa?
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HI Edvet, had a talk with Heiko Bleher says that it a Bacopa SP. Now for the second oart of the name we don't know.

I have finally played all the plants in the tank.
When I came back from the trip I took some of these small stem plant and plant it in the tank. Despite the lack of CO2 for 7 days (FE was empty etc...) low lights. they are growing well This let me think that it doesn't need high level of CO2.
Now CO2 is on and I have planted a nice carpet.
Let's see how things will go on.
In two weeks I will do the first trimming to see how it react.
The Bolbitis are on wood.
The scape of that tank is ugly but I was in a rush to put these Bolbitis on wood and in water before they die.

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Hi all,
Have a look at <"Bacopa crenata">. It doesn't look quite right, but it looks somewhere near with a white zygomorphic flower.

Bacopa has four stamens and a bifid stigma, and a solitary flower in the leaf axil. I can't tell from the photo, but your plant should have 4 sepals (the green bits cupping the flower).

cheers Darrel
 
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