Greetings - Outdoor Nepenthes - Advices to Andy Bill

Laurent Ide (lide@dvddd.com)
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 14:20:49 GMT

So, I would apologize for the war for labelling I created with my question
called "Drosera incognitae" ! But thanks to everybody who answered, for
the Drosera and the Roridula. I hope that poetry and science could ever
live together, the scientists should be happy about the fact that other
people are wondering about labels or anything else, because they make a
part of the history... Not true ?

I repeat that I'm growing a Nepenthes ventricosa in my own room, spraying
it with rain water to obtain 80% humidity. Temperature is about 15-20=B0 C
indoor and its seems to grow very well. Then I think it will be right in
the San Francisco bay...

Hi Andy Bill,
I'm living in Belgium and the plants come from Holland too ! It is a real
calamity with the labels, there are a lot of "qualities". It goes from the
exact and complete name of the plant to "Carnivorous plant", as you said,
with some partial names: a picture shows a lot of really strange
sarracenias and the label is "sarracenia", therefore the one in the pot is
not on the picture... Funny, isn't ?
In brief, you probably saw that what you can find in these pots (produced
generally by CRESCO) are (too) frequently hybrids without interest and
without name ! I'll say : "Buy only the plants that you can identify". I
personally don't like hybrids ! There are enough interesting plants in the
nature... But I accept that some hybrids are really greats ! So, I don't
start a new war on the hybrids theme (-; !

Big hello to all CP lovers

Laurent