Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:02:46 -0500 From: "george anderson" <georgea3@ix.netcom.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1686$foo@default> Subject: sabah pitchers
Topic No. 3
steve, you might want to check out the following reference:
A. Phillipps and A Lamb, "Pitcher-Plants of East Malaysia and Brunei", in
Nature Malaysiana, vol 13, page 8-27, 1988.
it contains some great photos of pitcher plants in sabah.
and should anyone check this ref out, you will see a picture on page 18 of a
n. vietchi climbing a tree. it does so by the leaves growing around the
trunk of the tree and hooking the pitcher of the opposing leaf. i cant
understand how it could grow in this fashion which seems to imply a 'spatial
awareness' in the plant (which i believe is unknown). if anyone can explain
this odd growth habit, please enlighten me. i grow weary trying to figure it
out.
gma
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 10:19:33 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Steve Woodward <for238@abdn.ac.uk>
> To: cp@opus.labs.agilent.com
> Subject: Re: Nepenthes rajah in Sabah
> Message-ID: <SIMEON.10005311033.F@pmd1.for.abdn.ac.uk>
>
> I was in Sabah in January of this year and was taken by a
> botanist from Mt. Kinabalu National Park to the new
> 'Nepenthes' site. The site is fenced, and I believe the
> park authorities will require all visitors to enter with
> guides to prevent unauthorised removal of plant material.
> It is a fairly open hillside area at the moment, and most
> of the Nepenthes are planted, but they are growing very
> well. Its an exciting project which will allow visitors to
> view most of the Nepenthes species found on Mt. Kinabalu
> within a restricted area. There are also many orchid
> species growing on the site.
>
> I have some great photographs taken up there, but cannot
> direct you to a web site, because my work site is not for
> such things - only forestry! If anyone would really like
> to see them, I can send them out to personal e-mail
> addresses as *.jpg files.
>
> Steve Woodward
>
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