>Pings or Bromeliads, but last mentioned in the most recent CPN (the US ICPS
>one) as the author of the "Carnivorous Plants - Wisley Series Handbook".
Paul:
Right, of course. Now I remember. In fact I've got a copy of your book.
While it is pitched towards helping the novice along, I enjoyed reading
it. Welcome on board!
Jan:
I enjoyed reading your ruminations on the development and dispersal of
_Lentibulariaceae_. It seemed quite reasonable. I agree with your belief
in the concepts of directed evolution (I'm joking...let me start the
sentence again).... I agree that it seems in order of complexity that
_P._ -----> _G._ --> _U._ , and that perhaps the progenitor to this
derived from _Scrophulariaceae_ (every time I see an immature
_Verbascum_ plant in the wild my stride catches, they look so much
like _Pings_---of course, the resemblence is just foliar). But
why perhaps not _Lamiaceae_? It is also a little uncomfortable to me that
in the _Ping_ portion of evolution, the inflorescences are all
1-flowered with no bracts or bracteoles, but in _G._ and _U._ the
racemes are usually few--many flowered, and if I recall correctly,
even the 1-flowered plants have dormant buds at the inflorescence apex.
And all _G._ and _U._ inforescences bear bracts and bracteoles, and
very often scales.
Barry