I actually preferred the Cardon to Saguaros, but that may have been
because of the novelty. Organ Pipes are still my favorite cacti and the
Senitas all looked kind of sickly but I think that's just how they look and
not a reflection on these plants alone.
>I am led to believe that the leaf, tendril and pitcher of Nepenthes is
>all a modified leaf blade. Imagine a normal leaf folding up to make
>I read somewhere that the Nepenthes pitcher is a hollow midrib and the thing
>that looks like an ordinary leaf is actually the petiole. I don't remember
I'll let you two thrash it out.
>There are others that you can see in the Kondo book, like N. clipeata, that
>have the same sort of peltate leaf apex (as Kurata calls it in the book,
Huh. I didn't know this. Nice bit-art, though.
>In Palo Alto, about 20 minutes from Burlingame in the opposite
>direction, am I. You can if you wish see my small and currently
Rob, I'm going to be making a few stops to California this next year. Maybe
I'll stop by and pester you. On the agenda already is San Diego and L.A.
>The address is:
>Glasshouse Works
>Church Street, P.O. Box 97
>Stewart, OH 45778-0097
>The CPN of last year says the catalog is free.
It is, and it's great to look through. Good in the bathroom.
Ooh Ooh! I have some scapes coming up in my ``U. monanthos' from Fred
Howell. It should be interesting to see what it is. It looks like the flowers
will be very small.
BAMR