Re: Want Nepenthes pollen

Joachim Nerz (joachim.nerz@student.uni-tuebingen.de)
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 09:00:40 +0100 (MEZ)

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995 eheick@acs.bu.edu wrote:

> In several weeks I will have a very lonely N. ventricosa. It is a
> first time flower so I don't know if it is male or female. Does
> anyone know if the differences can be distinguished before it flowers?
> - or, do I have to wait?
> And in preparation, since I feel that there are already many
> N. ventricosas, will anyone have any interesting male Nepenthes in
> bloom in the next few weeks or now? I would like to make an
> interesting hybrid.
>
> Christoph
>
Dear Christoph,

I hope, that soon a male N. carunculata (Malintang) will flower at me,
if you are interested in. It is difficult to find out, if your N.
ventricosa is male ore female, before your flowers are opened. Open
some single ones, at the male ones you will find starts of anthers.

Bye

Joe N.