Re: Question on making Nepenthes cuttings.

Email Mujahideen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Tue, 3 Dec 91 09:42:30 PST

>>>Ditto on the x hookeriana (?) rooted cutting I have. If I'm
>>
>>Rob M had a good point recently when he wrote me supporting Mike's
>>claim that the X hookeriana is correctly ID'd. He pointed out that the
>>leaves of that hybrid are fuzzy, fringed with little hairs, just like
>>ampullaria. Maybe it *is* rafflesianaXampullaria.

I don't know. The lower pitcher you sent me looked more like
a khasiana type pitcher than an ampullaria. I thought hookeriana
was supposed to have a symmetric pitcher, similar to ampullaria,
with the spotted coloration and fringes of rafflesiana.

God, I'm no taxonomist, but I'll bet Nepenthes drive them crazy
since they seldom flower, and when they do flower the flowers all
look the same. A REAL taxonomist would use photomicrographs of
pollen to determine species, wouldn't they? :-) Eh barry, ye of
heavenly type stuff, who surely has access to an SEM?
>>
>>>If it's any consolation, none of the D. intermeda seeds Barry sent us have
>>>germinated yet either! Maybe its just a slow year for sundews...

I think my D. intermedia I got from California Carnivores just
died. it was a few inches tall and had gone dormant, but now the
tip looks more brown than green. It will be sorely missed....

r.