> Is there anyone on the list who can shed any light on the most unusual
> development of one of my Sarracenia purpurea ssp purpurea. It has started
to
> grow a stem! That is instead of there being a rosette of leaves each new
> leaf is
> about 1cm above the previous leaf with a definate length of stem
inbetween.
> Up
> until now it has been a well behaved normal S. purp with a rosette of
leaves.
>
> The newest leaf is growing about 1cm above the last at about 12 cm above
the
> ground.
I have seen this phenamenon quite frequently in the NJ Pine Barrens. I even
saw a few specimens with "stems" up to 6 inches (20 cm) long. It seemed to
me at the time that these stems developed to keep up with the Sphagnum
growth.
Christoph