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by MWP admin » Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:55 pm
Another hotty of this year collection. Could not resist from posting.
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by jackpot » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:34 am
wow- extremely hotty!
No idea (except the genus)!

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by IL-PINE » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:44 pm
looks like a Valantia hispida, bqo
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by MWP admin » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:01 pm
Well, it wasn't difficult. Yes I found what should be Valantia hispida because the internodes were separated by more than 12mm (actually 16mm) and stem hispid (hairs were bristle-like and rough). Red data book states that was not seen after first recorded by Duthie in 1870s.
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by robcar » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:41 pm
Seems like another bit of good botanical detective work. They say that the closer you look, the more you find

Good work MWP
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by jackpot » Tue May 13, 2008 12:26 pm
excellent record- congratulation!