Re: nepenthes

Barry Meyers-Rice (dunwich%SOLPL@as.arizona.edu)
Tue, 11 Dec 90 16:57:48 mst

Mike: No go on the N. madagascarensis seed. I went over it with a fine
toothed comb, and there was nothing even remotely resembling seed in it.
I talked with my bro about it, and he said that the fellow in Madagas.
was a ZOOLOGIST, and probably didn't know anything. However, another
trip is in the works...

I think that the disputed N. hookeriana is so different from what you
might expect from a raffXamp hybrid as to make the ID on this plant
*extremely* unlikely. I'm just going to refer to it as a raff hybrid.
Sure, raff has a lot of variation, but ampullaria seems pretty constant.
Every picture of amp looks the same, with colour and size being the only
variables.

Regarding the Proboscidea/Martynia/Ibiscella, I got some seeds from a
Tucson seed bank that specializes in native food crops or craft related
plants. I can get lots of seed for anybody that wants 'em, for about
$1 a packet. Didn't I show you the plant out by the entrance to my
yard when you came to visit?

Sorry to hear about the P. lusitanicum. That is strange that they
were so delicate.

I have wondered myself about why U. striata cares about having a
substrate. Is it possible that some aquatics need some solid
orientation?
They have evolved to fit a niche, and are probably only happiest when
they are in it. CPs live in nutrient poor environments, and if you
try to put them in a "better" environment (i.e. fertilize), they die.
At times, plants are strange and inexplicable things.

Arrgh! I am so irritated with myself! Gordon sent me eleven species of
pygmies, as gemmae. On the way to the greenhouse, the pots all shifted
around, name tags got mixed up!!! After some irritating and what should
have been unneccesary detective work, I still have about 5 species that
I haven't sorted out yet! ARRRRGGH! Actually, it turned out to be a good
thing that I plant 3 species/pot, as that helped sort some things out.
Still, I will have to wait for about a year now....

DOES ANYONE FERTILIZE THEIR TUBEROUS DROSERA? WHAT DO THEY USE? I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW BRAND NAME, AND DILUTION. ALSO, I WANT TO KNOW THE NUTRIENT
TYPE, I.E. 10-10-10 OR WHATEVER. ALSO, INFO LIKE ``ORCHID FERTILIZER''
OR ``AFRICAN VIOLET'' WOULD BE GREAT.

Oh, *Paul*. I have a Question for you. Up in Northern Australia, in
the Darwin and Kununurra regions, what are the summer/winters like.
In particular, I know that for the tuberous Drosera range (West. Aust.),
you have hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters (or so I am told).
Up north, is the rainy season during the summer or the winter? I
want to know how I should treat my D. petiolaris `Kununurra.'
I figure that Australia is a small continent, so you should know all
the climatic regions like the back of your hand!

Lots of D. glanduligera coming up... I'm keeping the pot FAR from my
D. burmannii pot, to avoid contamination. Why doesn't anybody seem to
like this plant (glanduligera)? Poor little guy.

Barry

P.S. Gordon also sent me his form of D. calycifida `sp. Venezuela',
U. sp. Japan, and a Nepenthes hybrid of unknown lineage.