By Nepenthes0260 -
Location: Deer Park, Washington state, USA
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Location: Deer Park, Washington state, USA
Posts: 1774
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:59 am
- Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:26 am
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I recently went on a trip to Kauai to see Drosera anglica in the wild. D. anglica (also called mikinalo in Hawaii) grows in the highest elevation swamp in the world, the Alakai Swamp. There are no paved roads straight to Alakai swamp, and the only way to get there is a 4wd road and a 4-5 mile, two way strenuous hike. For 95% of the hike you are in wet, shady rain forest with giant ferns. Unfortunately, this environment is too dim for D. anglica to grow. After about a mile of the hike, you hit a boggish clearing where it seems as if anglica could grow. This spot is too low in elevation and too hot for anglica to grow. I scoured this spot for about forty minutes, no anglica . After about three more miles of various ups and downs, including a descent down 260 old broken slimy wooden stairs, and a slippery river crossing you hit the highest part of Alakai. This is where angilca lives. Truthfully, this is an awesome plant to see in the wild. They were small, (about 2-3 inches), vertical growing, bright red sundews. They grew on moss patches where weedy sedges somewhat sheltered them. Also, Alakai is one of the wettest spots on earth, so the dews were never dry.
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