recovering collection

MALOUF@ESTD.NRL.NAVY.MIL
Sun, 3 Oct 1993 16:49:30 -0400 (EDT)

Don,
The D. villosa you sent me did not die from lack of sunlight.
It, along with a cephalotus, two dionaeas, and a few D. capensis plants
were victimized twice by some sort of nocturnal creature in my
back yard. The tray containing all of these was dug up, rummaged
through, and urinated upon on two occasions. After the second
instance I was tempted to put saucers of anti-freeze out for the
uninvited guest, but regained my composure.

The dionaeas are recovering nicely, they've even caught
some daddy longlegs spiders, and I'm getting ready to set them
(pots and all) into the earth for the winter. The D. capensis
plants are making a comeback, along with my only remaining
cephalotus plant. Only the D. villosa didn't make it (maybe it
had an extra-heavy dose of urine). So, I'd be interested in
purchasing another one, along with a D. filiformis (sp?),
when the time is right.'

I've brought all my plants in for the winter. We had
a near frost a few days ago, the weather will be warmer in
the next few days but I won't take any chances. The
Nepenthes are inside, in clear plastic bags, under growlights.
The droserae, utrics, and cephalotus are also inside under
similar conditions (no plastic bags though).

It must be a lot colder in Indiana! Ciao.

Perry Malouf