Nepenthes Hybrid Decoder Ring

Rick Walker (walker@hpl-cutt.hpl.hp.com)
Fri, 09 Jul 93 10:44:51 PDT

I got tired of decoding complex Nepenthes hybrid geneologies so
I wrote a little script to do the work for me.

For instance, if you type: "hookeriana" the program prints
"(ampullaria x rafflesiana)". If you type: "chelsonii", it returns
"((rafflesiana x gracilis) x (ampullaria x rafflesiana))".

You can also define new hybrids by typing things like:
"def hookeriana ampullaria rafflesiana" to define N. hookeriana
as being (ampullaria x rafflesiana)..

So if you make the following definitions:

def mixta northiana maxima
def dicksoniana rafflesiana veitchii
def dyeriana mixta dicksoniana

then when you type "dyeriana", the program responds with:

((northiana x maxima) x (rafflesiana x veitchii))

When the program starts up, it automatically reads in a database
of 150 common hybrid definitions.

To run it, you must have the program 'nawk' available on your system.
If you'd like a copy, send me a note and I'll mail it to you.

--
Rick