Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 18:45:56 +0100 From: Ide Laurent <ide@arcadis.be> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2364$foo@default> Subject: Observations
Hi list
I know two people here in Belgium who grow Darlingtonia without any cooling
system. The plants are healthy. Since yesterday I own a big specimen of this
plant...
Did anyone kill his plant with a lack of cooling ? Any experience will be
appreciated.
Adwait was asking why the flies are falling into the traps of S. flava.
Adwait, you should put a plant outside and wait until a fly comes. Usually it
lands on the hood, makes a tour on it and, following the nectar, reaches THE
CENTER of the hood where tne droplets of nectar are visible. After a few
minutes, you'll see the fly falling right in the trap without reason ?!?
If you remember, it was told here that Sarr's nectar contains a kind of drug,
so the insects are REALLY attracted and loose a part of their abilities.
When they suck the abundant nectar, their 'feets' are slipping in the oily
substance (more on the nepenthes than the sarracenia actually).
Sometimes the fly lands on the pitcher itself and reaches the peristom
directly.
On S. rubra, the hood seem less attractive, the nectar is maybe present in the
bottom of the pitcher too (to confirm !!!)
Hope this helps you to understand that the netar is present at the right
place. Take a look at the heliamphora to finish this lesson !
Laurent
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