Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 18:23:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Carl Strohmenger (HSC)" <cstrohme@com1.med.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1834$foo@default> Subject: Re: seedling sundew id's?
Hello Carol,
Many sundew seedlings are similar in size, shape, and coloring.
Indeed, even some mature sundews have leaves that are similar. To be
certain of the identity of each sundew, you may have to wait for each one
to flower and then determine the ID.
You may be able to separate the seedlings into different groups
according to gross characteristics, but a final ID will probably await the
mature plant in flower.
- Carl
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 cmccarth@wvu.edu wrote:
> Hello all,
> I hope that some one or several of you can help me. I am
> caring for
> a small collection of cp's in a university seting. The problem is
> that several pots have tiny seedling sundews coming up. Ok, I am not
> worried that they are there, but how to keep the propper
> identifications in the collection. If a seedling seems to have a
> differnt leaf shape than a mature blooming size plant is it likely to
> be a different species? To ask that question a different way, do
> seedling sundews tend to have the mature plant leaf shape or can they
> change as is common with other plants? If a seedling in one pot seems
> to be a close match to a mature plant in another how likely am I to be
> wronge in ID'ing from seedling leaves only? Is it likely that I will
> have to wait for flowering of the seedings to be sure?
> The collection in question only came to us this past January so
> I
> don't know what species could have been closely neighboring pots
> before this.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
>
>
> Carol McCarthy Plant and Siol Sciences Greenhouse West Virginia
> University cmccarth@wvu.edu
>
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