>Bubbles:
AH! Barry, so, you have noticed those mysterious bubbles. It
so happens that I saw a paper in the botany journals which may provide an
answer to this confounding mystery. It seems some conclusive research has
shown that plants (even Utricularia) will "consume" carbon dioxide. This is
dissolved in the water. This CO2 is used in a funny process called photo-
synthesis. Oxygen is a waste product of this photosynthesis! I am specul-
ating that you have seen oxygen bubbles! Some say that all the world's
oxygen comes from this process, but I wouldn't believe a word of that!!
> Don Burden
Hello out there! I am Michael Chamberland. I am a botany grad student in
Tempe (suburb of Phoenix) at ASU. My research is on barrel cacti, but i grow
cp as a hobby, and I am very fortunate to have some greenhouse space at the
University for my plants. I have been growing cp since I was a freshman
undergraduate at Uconn (University of Connecticut). I have been a cactus and
succulent nut since junior high school. A year and half ago I moved out to the
desert, and began to concentrate on growing CP because they offered more of a
challange, they were faster growers, and they were harder to obtain (I would
spend less). I now have a collection of about 70 or so CP species (I think).
I have no real favorite genera, but most of my plants are Drosera. I am also
a trekkie, an artist (BFA in painting), modern classical music nut, and more!
But because I don't want this to sound like a bad personals ad, I won't dwell
on that stuff. I contacted Barry before I moved to AZ. He wrote an article
in the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) on growing CP in AZ. We have been
biting growing info for over a year, as well as trading plants. Rob Maharaj
joined oour little discussion group about half a year ago I think, and it is
nice to see it is growing!
Well I gotta go now, Be Seeing You!
MJC