Re: Epiphytic Neps

From: Andreas Wistuba (andreas.wistuba@mannheim-netz.de)
Date: Tue Aug 26 1997 - 08:49:40 PDT


Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 15:49:40 +0000
From: "Andreas Wistuba" <andreas.wistuba@mannheim-netz.de>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3253$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Epiphytic Neps

On 26 Aug 97 at 6:21, Perry Malouf wrote:

> Johnathan wrote:
>
> > Has anyone else noticed that epiphytic Nepenthes seem to have larger
> > pitchers, both in actual dimensions and in proportion to their leaf
> > size, than terrestrial ones? This is especially noticeable in N.
> > ampullaria.
>
> I question the labelling of any Nepenthes as epiphytic, in
> the sense of being absolutely and exclusively epiphytic. Rather I
> would say that some Nepenthes are found growing epiphytically as
> well as terrestrially.
>

E.g. N. dubia almost exclusively grows epiphytic.

Bye,

Andreas

 
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