Re: CP talk
Don (dngess01)
Thu, 14 Nov 91 22:16:58 -0500
Hooray! Two more seeds have germinated from N. x (ventricosa x sp.
Talang). I now have three seedlings of this hybrid. In Kondo's article
on Nepenthes, he mentions that he keeps a very high water level to
germinate Nep seeds. He keeps the water right even with the top of the
soil. Since I hadn't seen any new germination for a few months, I
thought I'd try it, along with putting the seed tray in a place that was
a little warmer (right next to a heat vent). Only two days after I did
this, I noticed the two seeds germinating. It has now been 8 months
since I've originally sowed the seeds. I wouldn't recommend keeping the
water level extremely high for a long period of time as I would expect
it to drive the oxygen out of the soil, turning the soil rancid (PU!!).
Does anybody have a new seed list from Gordon? Any interesting species on
the list? Any new Nepenthes? How about D. pauciflora or D. erythrorhiza?
Barry, I forgot to mention yesterday that I got your letter with the
D. auriculata seeds two days ago. There sure were plenty of seeds in the
pack. My oldest D. peltata seedlings are starting to grow vertically. The
biggest one has about 5 leaves on its vertical stem. They seem to produce
two successive rosettes of leaves before they grow vertically.