Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:11:55 EST From: CALIFCARN@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3309$foo@default> Subject: Re: Red filiformis
Howdy kids, Peter here at California Carnivores.
I've received a number of emails concerning the D. filiformis red form.
The plants will not be available for sale through the mails until probably
February. Ed Read mentioned finding this plant in Mendocino and that it goes
dormant for him. (Hi Ed). I do not think it is the same plant, although D.
filiformis ssp. filiformis grow there, according to Joe Mazrimas. The plant
I'm speaking about was co-discovered by Don Schnell, Joe Mazrimas and Larry
Logateta just before the 1997 Conference in Atlanta. It was found in the
Florida Panhandle. I received my first plant from Larry and Joe in the winter
1998. No one else grows the plant (according to Joe) and they haven't been
introduced into any other location. (However a few leaves were "stolen" from
our display plant during the 2000 Conference) Identification of the plant,
and whether it is related to the ssp. tracyi or ssp. filiformis may have to
wait until Doctor Don's new version of his CP of the U.S. and Canada. Ed
mentioned his plants have gone dormant, which makes me suspect they are some
other filiformis type (several grow in the Albion bog). My display plant is
not only still growing, as it has-non stop for three winters, but in fact it
is still flowering. All other filiformis by its side are dormant. I imagine
the plant will stop going and perhaps rest briefly during freezes, but it is
quite unusual in its winter vigor.
Th-th-th-th-that's all folks!
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