CP

Don (dngess01@vlsi.ct.louisville.edu)
Mon, 8 Jun 92 20:27:32 -0400

Lithops are not true cacti, but are succulents, native to South Africa.
They are fairly common. Their common name is "living stones".

All my CP are doing fine.

I have germination from all three kinds of Nepenthes I bought from Allen
Lowrie. I have six seedlings of N. vieillardii (red lower leaves) so I
should have extra to trade if anyone wants to get in line. Robert, do you
have germination from N. lowii yet?

One of Michael's unnamed pygmy drosera is flowering. Does anyone know what
it might be? The plant sort of looks like D. pygmaea but the petioles are
a little thicker - slightly more thicker near the center of the plant. The
flower stalks have about 8 flower buds. There are five white petals, with
three bright red spots in the center (styles?), and smaller orange spots in
pairs near each red spot (stigmas?).

My two D. falconeri are doing fine. There was no "dew" on the glands, so I
stuck each into a baggie. After a few days, they look noticably more
perky and they are producing a small amount of dew on the leaves. The plants
are making leaves with the wide lamina similar to the photos seen in CPN.
My indoor greenhouse has humidity of 85+%, but I noticed my D. prolifera
didn't look too happy and didn't produce much dew on their leaves till
I stuck these in baggies too.

I repotted D. madagascariensis a little while ago. There's about three
dozen plants so I should have some to trade after they get a little bigger.
I have a lot of new plantlets of P. colimensis that I grew from leaf cuttings
too.

Barry, what kind of Miracid do you use? Is this 30-10-10?

I mentioned the CP listserve to the orchid group last night. There may be new
people joining us soon.