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Originally Posted by shawnintland
THANKS, I STILL HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SHOOT ANY PICTURES YET. Whoops! Robert, have you come across any of these out in the wild on your trips? I'm wondering if its every plant in a colony or just scattered individuals amongst a majority of 'normals'?
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shawn,they can occured in colony of their own or in areas where the typical raffs and other lowlanders occur - ampullaria, mirabilis,albormarginata, gracilis, and common hybrids.
some examples in the wild
due to the timing of flowering period hybrids among raff., var alata is not common but one potential and common candidate does occur when they are found nearby ie amp, thus we have the hookeriana var alata
Imagination runs wild after seeing the hook., var alata. Lying somewhere,i'm very positive, there must be the rare red hook var alata or hot lips hook., alata form, or whatever possible hybrids formed from them. To locate and chance upon them need a wider search and investigate every single plant that came across.