Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:28:35 -0700 From: "John Green" <HPJGREEN@ihc.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg591$foo@default> Subject: Re: S. flava "Maxima"
Dave Evans wrote in regard to my S. flava with blue/gray in the lower
parts of the pitchers (leaves):
> It sounds like you have something new to me. Perhaps
>this is an interesting form of S. * catesbaei? Generally, a cultivar
>doesn't come from the wild, but there are a lot of very interesting
>plants out there. If there are hundreds of these plants or
>thousands showing these same features at the location site, I
>would not call this a cultivar. However, if there were only a
>handful, out of hundreds or thousands of plants, showing this
>feature naming the plant as a cultivar has more merit to me. A
>cultivar is supposed to be unique, showing a quality(ies) that none
>or almost none of it's closest relatives show. If there are thousands
>of these plants near this location, then they need to be studied so it
>can be determined if they are new (to taxonomy) and in what way(s)
>they are different of other _S. flava_. After these plants are
studied,
>the researchers will have go over their data and try to assign value
>to any differences and come up with a possible taxonomic (Latin)
>name for these plants. If you have the only one of a few plants like
>this in cultivation and they do not have a presence in the wild, then
>you could name it as a cultivar yourself. Did all the seedlings show
>these traits? Were the seeds mixed or all from the same plant? If
>you have only one odd ball out of dozens of normal plants grown from
>the same mother, even more so if from the same flower, then you most
>likely have a good cultivar.
I have only the one plant and I obtained it from Art Junier in
California. I believe that he bought the seeds from Carl Mazur. In
fact, looking at Carl's price list it appears to be the one labeled as
"S. flava 'Cut Throat/Stocky' Walton Co. FL," and I assume it came from
a cultivated plant since it's not listed in his "Wild Seed" section. I
doubt mine is unique from the others, but maybe Art or Carl could
comment on their plants? If mine does turn out to be odd though, I can
try to get some digital photos of it showing the bluish color in the
lower parts of the pitchers.
John Green
Salt Lake City, Utah
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