A danger with old information is that any tips older than 10 years
should be regarded with caution. The first thing that developers do with
bogs and wetlands is drain them. There's a lot of development. On a related
topic, my mother-in-law (hiss! boo!) who truly despises me, was playfully
trying to offend me on the phone once. She doesn't know about my CP interests
and she said, ``well Barry, I suppose if you ever buy land it will probably
turn out to be a swamp!'' I agreed with her.
>>I have a U. calycifida in flower right now. The flower stalk produced
>>7 kind of smallish pink flowers. I got some plants from Gordon a few weeks
>I thought that calcyifida had yellow flowers, and only Polypompholyx (spel?)
>had pink flowers. Speaking of which, our P.tenalla plants haven't done much
John and/or Paul, read that article on calycifida I sent you. That species
produces pink, lilac, white or purple flowers. Get that wacky thought out of
your mind that only subgenus polypompholyx Utrics have purple flowers. Lots
and lots of Utrics do...
>My U sandersonii from Barry is also doing well...I should say was
Earl, your sandersonii will benefit from the transplant. I also suspect that
things may be getting too hot for them. If they get hot, the first thing they
(and most other Utrics I've grown) will do is wither any flower stalks...
>(water) losses in the cutting. If the cutting is placed in 100% humidity
>this perhaps is not necessary, but then again, if the leaf has pitchers
>the plant may "want" to fill up that pitcher w/ water and/or enzymes, and
>that would be a considerable drain on the cutting.
Now really, Mike. Wouldn't this only be the job of the glands in the pitcher?
You make it sound like a leaf is a big leaky pipe! Not knowing any better,
I'd think the water accumulation would be moderated by the glands, and not by
the basal part of the leaf!
Rob M, it's good to hear from you. I hung on every line of the field
trip travelogue. I'd like to get up there some summer and impose on
your and Dee's hospitality! My largest petiolaris `Kununurra' has
produced two side plants, budding from the base. These plants remind me
very much of Dionaea. I have a very similar record regarding which of
my seeds from Allen have come up, with the exception of D. glabripes.
My beloved D. alba plants croaked too! Not on your list, my D.
cistiflora `Red' and pauciflora `yellow' are doing well, the latter big
enough perhaps to flower. But the name pauci-flora means either
few-flowers on a scape, or maybe the plant rarely flowers...
Incidentally, both petiolaris `Kununurra' I got from Allen were from
live plant shipments, but I lost my falconeri from him. I think I'll
try seed some time, especially with that handy heating info. My D.
regia seems to be doing well. I encountered the same strange losses
that you mention. I think that you just have to have some luck to get
the plant past that phase. As long as my plant bears the heat its
fighting right now I should be able to propagate it in a few months (oh
please please please!)
Just when I thought it was toasted, I'm getting a leaf up in my pot of
U. humboldtii!
I wish I knew how to get my U. praelonga to flower. Our esteemed Australians
have mentioned that theirs do... Boo hoo.
I have gotten a new weed problem in my greenhouse. Everywhere I look I'm
getting Pinguicula coming up. Problem with this is they could be either
caerulea, ionantha, primuliflora (two forms), lutea, planifolia, and possibly
even pumila! Ahhhhh! All were flowering this summer, and although I tried,
I know (well obviously) I didn't harvest all the seed.
BAMMO