Allen Lowrie Letter/Neat Seed Additions

MAHARAJ@MCMASTER.BITNET
Wed, 4 Mar 92 13:24:05 PST

I just received a letter from Allen Lowrie in which he gave some useful hints
regarding tuberous Drosera culture. I thought that the email gang would be
interested in supplementing their own notes, so here it is:

"Plenty of light. Fertilization (Miracid N.P.K. 10-10-10( is good in weak
strenghts. *Don't* stand pots in water....keep just moist...soil mix well
drained. 50/50 sand/peat or even 80/20 sand/peat. They will grow in pure
sand. no worries also. When they die from surface...reduce watering *slowly*
and over **2 months** until **bone dry**..."

His seed update list (at 26/02/92) also has some neat stuff:

D. collinsiae "Faryland"
D. hilaris
D. indica "Japan"
D. lanata
D. myriantha
D. pauciflora "Yellow Flower"
D. radicans
D. ramentacea
D. species "Small White Flower, South Africa"
D. species "4" (South Africa)
D. sessilifolia (Brasil)
D. species (South Africa) - vigorous rosettes 2 cm, like D. dielsiana
D. species "Auyan Tepui, South America"
D. trinervia "Gifberg, S.A."
D. trinervia "Pakhuispas, S.A."
D. trinervia "Picketberg, S.A."
D. villosa "Camino do Mar, Brasil"
D. zeheri "Red and Pink Flowering Forms"
Roridula dentata
Roridula gorgonias
P. alpina
P. balcanica
P. leptoceras
D. capillaris "Giant" (USA)
D. capensis "Crestate Form"
plus other Drosera, Utrics (U. simplex), Nepenthes and Sarrs.

Since the seed are listed as additions recently (26/02/92), they are
presumably fresh and in the most viable state for germination. Seed
packet are $3 AUS plus $7.50 AUS for P&H.

All for now,

Rob M.