Re: anthocyanin-free Darlingtonia

From: Ross Rowe (Ross.Rowe@ea.gov.au)
Date: Mon Apr 06 1998 - 17:55:06 PDT 

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:55:06 +1100
From: Ross.Rowe@ea.gov.au (Ross Rowe)
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: anthocyanin-free Darlingtonia

     Hi Barry and others

     I sowed my AF seeds of Darlingtonia after treating with Giberrelic
     Acid solution overnight. The seeds were sown on half live sphagnum in
     a small clay pot in late Summer. Germination began about 4 weeks
     later, interestingly about 2x the germination time as other normal
     Darlingtonia seed sown at the same time and same conditions. The
     seeds were obtained via the Australian Carnivorous Plant Seedbank so
     the only possible difference between them was possibly longer
     refrigerated storage of the normal seeds (Russell Elliott if reading
     may be able to comment on this).

     Ross
     Canberra, Australia

______________________________ Reply Separator
_________________________________ Author: Barry Meyers-Rice
<bamrice@ucdavis.edu> at Internet

>
> These very rare, 3-year-old, antho-free Sarr leucos are $100 each. That
> was a little too pricey for me so I exercised my consumer right to
> decline and went and looked at my free seedling trays of antho-free
> Darlingtonia from Craig and grinned. That was classic passive/agressive
> Southern behavior you just saw.

Hi David, et al,

So it appears the anthocyanin-free seeds from seedbanks are germinating?
This is good news. If anyone now has anthocyanin-free Darlingtonia
seedlings, I would love to hear about it. I introduced these plants into
cultivation and am glad to hear they are germinating. Look to the June
issue of CPN for a cultivar description of them...

Barry

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Dr. Barry A. Meyers-Rice
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
Conservation Coeditor
bazza@ucdavis.edu
http://www.indirect.com/www/bazza/cps/cpn/cpn.html

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