Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 16:19:58 EST From: CALIFCARN@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg605$foo@default> Subject: Re: S. flava "maxima"
Howdy; Peter here at California Carnivores. Phil Wilson is quite correct and
I thank him for quoting Slack's description of his so-called S. flava
"maxima" plant. I explained this in The Savage Garden. We not only have
Slack's plant (I grow it out here in California, a clone of his original
plant which is not widely cultivated in the U.S.A.) and it fits Slack's
description perfectly. But unfortunately, many folks may still be growing
large Sarracenia flavas from the Florida panhandle area which were also
dubiously called "maximas". As I pointed out and as Doctor Don (Schnell)
discovered, the original-original "maxima" were large all-green flavas from
the North Carolina area. I guess one way to clear some of this up is for
someone (hey Phil) to rename Slack's "maxima" and register it as a cultivar.
Seeya.
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