Ants
Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Fri, 4 Oct 91 16:26:26 +1000
Ants: there still seem to be some living in my tearrarium, but
I normally only see one or two. watering the moss my N. ampullaria
is living in doesn't cause them to roil up anymore either. The
ampullaria is growing great guns: underground. The normaly
meristem is growing ever so slowly, but underground there are
at least two full sized pitchers (for the plant size, I think it's
still young), plus more coming up. Live spahgnum seems to be
an optimal growth medium for this species. I've tried to look
at how the undergrownd pitchers are growing, and I don't think
the grow from a rhizome, as described in Randall Schwartzes book.
I think they just grow from vestigial leaves.
Robert