Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:39:21 -0700 (PDT) From: michael pagoulatos <michaelpagoulatos@yahoo.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1957$foo@default> Subject: To Kit
"Is it normal for S. leucophylla to still have
phyllodia, but no pitchers at this time of year? (I'm
in Brooklyn, New York, USDA Zone 7. We had an
unusually cool Spring here, but Summer's getting into
full swing, finally.)".
>Since you haven't had warm weather, give it some more
time. Normally leucophyllas should have pitchers by
now, assuming warm weather and sunshine. There is one
S. species, S. oreophylla, which stops producing
pitchers around mid-summer, but continues to produce
phyllodia.
"What would be a likely cause for S. flava pitchers to
come up malformed and/or never fully develop? One of
the pitchers has somefuzzy stuff at the top, but I
don't see any mealybugs on it.......This pitcher
stopped growing at this stage & has been like this for
over a month. There are 2 more pitchers coming up, but
1 seems to havestopped growing at an earlier stage of
development & the other is malformed.".
> I have had S. flava and S. alata produce malformed
pitchers at the beginning of the growth season, but
subsequent pitchers are normal. If the plants
continue to produce malformed pitchers, get on your
hands and knees and look for aphids. I cut malformed
pitchers off, so that the plant can direct all its
energy to the new pitchers.
I have had S. flava with pitchers that never fully
develop, and I don't know the reason. They all
produce new, normal pitchers though. I cut the
malformed pitchers off.
Take care,
Michael Pagoulatos
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