good to be back/Drosera question

From: Mellard, David (dam7@cdc.gov)
Date: Wed Jan 19 2000 - 13:01:11 PST 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:01:11 -0500
From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg175$foo@default>
Subject: good to be back/Drosera question

That great big government report that only 10 people will read will go out
next week so I can rejoin the land of the living.

I recently received a bunch of pygmy Drosera and would like some cultural
advice on media. I read with tremendous interest, Kris Kopicki's article on
cultivation of pygmy Drosera in Bulletin of the Australian Carnivorous Plant
Society. Kris gives some wonderful, first hand advice on choosing media for
certain species. For instance, I was surprised to learn that a good number
of species do better in pure sand. Kris also suggests a substitute for
those species that like laterite. His substitute is red loam sand mix. The
third media Kris suggests is a peat sand mix. For each of these mixes, Kris
lists the species that he knows does best for him in those mixes. One of
Kris's points is that while pygmy will grow in a variety of mixes, they grow
better in certain ones.

Here's my question. I have several species that weren't listed by Kris and
would like suggestions from people as to the soil type they are found in or
the media people would suggest for growing them. Here's the list:

oreopodin
sargentii
species Lake Badgerup
carbarup
mannii
pynoblasta
microscapa

Also, does anyone know of a source of laterite in the United States?

I'm glad to be back.

Thanks for your help,
David
Atlanta

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