Re: Sarracenia flava varieties

From: Phil Wilson (cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 08:59:40 PST


Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:59:40 +0000
From: Phil Wilson <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3444$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Sarracenia flava varieties

Steve,
>
>So, the S. flava 'Maxima' sold by Marston Exotics in the Adrian
>Slack years is actually what? A large clone of flava flava,
>presumably?
>
No, the S. flava 'Maxima' (sic) sold by Marston Exotics is a specific
clone selected by Adrian many years ago. It has never been officially
published as a cultivar and the name would not be acceptable if it were
(Latin names are not allowable as cultivar names).

Hope this helps.
Phil Wilson
Email: cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk
Web Site: www.pwilson.demon.co.uk



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