After a day full of Pinguicula vallisneriifolia Webb, it's time to leave to the famous Sierra Nevada in search of the southernmost stations of Pinguicula grandiflora Lam. subsp. grandiflora Lam., Pinguicula submediterranea Blanca, Jamilena, Ruiz Rejon & Zamora et Pinguicula vallisneriifolia Webb.

First surprise of that day, arriving to a mirador, a superb view of the Sierra Nevada is unveiled to our eyes:


Even if it is in the very south of the iberian peninsula, this mountain range that reach nearly 3500m a.s.l. is still very snowy at this time of the year.
Furthermore, one of my maps have a wrong scale so that the real distance is nearly twice the distance I calculated. So that we decide it is better to reserve those stations for another year.

So we go back to the Sierra de Cazorla in search of Pinguicula submediterranea Blanca, Jamilena, Ruiz Rejon & Zamora. this taxon has been placed as a synonyme of Pinguicula dertosensis (Cañigueral) G. Mateo Sanz & M.B Crespo Villalba. However, some differences appear between specimens in culture of those two taxa, so that I was hopping to check teh veracity of my doubts with in situ specimens. Pinguicula submediterranea is growing in high altitude valleys of the Sierras de Cazorla and de Segura. The road is quite long but we reach one of those valleys where it is said to grow:


Despite intensive researches, we couldn't unfortunately found any. I think we have not searched in the right place, this species is more likely to grow in some small swamps related to springs than on dripping rocks.

Desappointed, we go back to the Guadalquivir valley and we stop in a botanical garden devoted to the plants of the national park. One can found there a Pinguicula submediterranea in bad health:


and numerous Pinguicula vallisneriifolia much healthier growing on a fountain:


The next day will be devoted to another station of Pinguicula vallisneriifolia.

Regards


Aymeric

Hi Aymeric,

Great view from Sierra Nevada!

I didn't saw the 3a picture, didn't open here.

Regards.

Carlos.

Corrected