Re: Re: low humidity Neps.

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Wed May 07 1997 - 13:40:00 PDT

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Date:    Wed, 07 May 97 16:40 EDT
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Re: low humidity Neps.

> From: Oliver T Massey CFS <massey@HAL.FMHI.USF.EDU>
>
> N coccinea is usually easy. However, at 30% humidity you may also have a
> particularly easy alata. I have several alatas from several sources, one
> pitchers very easily, another is a little erratic, and a third is a real pain.
> The third refuses to pitcher unless it is in a closed terrarium. The only
> redeeming feature is that it produces the nice two color (green lower-half, red
> upper-half) pitchers.

Hi Tom,

Are you sure it's not N.alata * N.ventricosa? Does it have a
wider peristome than the other two alata?

Also, N. * coccinea is very good with lower humidity. My plant
of it is much better at pitchering in low humidity than the N. alata/
N.philipinensis (sp?).

Dave Evans

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