>Utricularia inflexa
Barry, my seeds aren't doing anything!! I planted them on the surface of the
water as you suggested, and it has been 3 days.
>Desert growing conditions
Don, I now am growing most of my plants in a
university greenhouse. It is coolled by airconditioning, and can be kept
quite chilly year round. The temperature is actually set by the people doing
legitimate research in the g-house. They are growing spinach as a source of
chloroplasts. ( the idiots recently pumped up the temperature in the house.
This may be bad for my cp if it gets too hot. Presumably those temps will
also be bad for spinach, and they will turn down the thermostat.)
I realize that when I graduate I will no longer have access to these facilities
I also could be kicked out at any time if they decide they want more salad
plants up there. Therefore I am experimenting w/ growing plants outside. The
g-house air is already quite dry, and the move outdoors is not much of a shock.
I have a number of rosette droseras (D. montana, D. natalensis, D. lovellae,
etc. growing outdoors, their pots set in a tray of water. They are doing
great. I have yet to see what will take it outdoors in the summer. I only
started putting things outside 3 months ago. I am optimistic about growing
pygmies and tuberous outside, but I have too few of the latter to spare. I
am getting ready some pygmies which Barry gave me. They will go out when big
enuf.
>D. peltata
I grew this for several years. It eventually died of shock after my move
to AZ. It flowered at least once, but never set seed. It died back every
year, but would come back from little red tubers left in the soil. The new
tubers were often shoved by the dropper root to the bottom of the pot, even
out the drainage hole sometimes. It would make daughter tubers too.
>Nepenthes trade
Sure Don, I'd be interested in trading Nepenthes. I don't have any of those
which you mention. My list will indicate what I've got. Many of mine are too
small to propagate, but N. khasiana, ventricosa, X hookeriana, gracilis, and
gracilis X ampullaria are ones which I may be able to propagate by spring.
Also, I will be going home for the holidays and will certainly spend time at
the Uconn greenhouse. I should be able to get a good number of orchid cuttings
(last time I rescued a huge Shomburkia clump which had just been chucked in the
garbage! It was just an unwanted "extra"!) Ah, but this brings to mind a
question: I have seen orchid "virus"; little spots on orchid leaves. I also
have seen similar spots on Nepenthes leaves. Connection? What "is" the virus
anyway?