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Konnichiwa Stylidium!
You are the very first foreign member of our forum. Welcome
I hope you will post many photography as you did recently. They are of high quality indeed. I know how difficult it is to make such photos of plants in habitat. Is this one from your country?
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Dear Jure-san,
Konnichiwa!
Thank you very much for welcoming me!
I would like to give an additional explanation about
Pinguicula ramosa.
There are two distinctive features of this species.
One is that there are two (rarely three) flowers on one flower stem. I don't know plant anatomy, but this is thought to be an adhesion of two flower stalks rather than branching to two.
Please see additional photos. It may be easier to understand the feature than the photos posted above.
The other is that after flowering, the flower stalk bends toward the wall and presses the capsules against the wall. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures. This feature allows efficient propagation on vertical cliffs.
About your question
I'm not a taxonomist therefore I can't answer your question. I really don't know what to look for when classifying
Pinguicula.
Please see the Lowland form and Highland form of
Pinguicula macroceras in the photos I posted. I've been felt a bit uncomfortable of these being called the same botanical name such as
Pinguicula macroceras for over 40 years, but I don't know the words that point out what is taxonomically different. These two
Pinguicula macroceras are conveniently called Highland form and Lowland form by hobbyists. The impression I get from its appearance of the Lowland form is similar to that of
Pinguicula macroseras ssp.
nortensis, but the way the flowers of the Highland form open is similar to that of
Pinguicula vulgaris.
Kind regards from the Far East
