Re: Name this nepenthes.

Scott Brown (hsbrown@vices.Princeton.EDU)
Tue, 7 Jan 92 14:31:19 EST

I was reading through the latest issue of CPN last night and
saw a letter (from Peter D'Amato ?) regarding a viscous secretion
on one of his utric's. flower scapes. He said it had actually
killed several small bugs and was wondering if anybody else
had seen this in their plants.

Well have any of you? This seem strange to me-- kind of like
evolution occurring before his eyes.

Over Christmas break, my father, Robert Allen and I took a trip to
Calif. Carnivores. One of the few non CPs that he had was called
a telegraph plant. This had small appendeges (1/2 inch long
cylindrical) just below each leaf that he said would rotate around
in circles (like the hands of a clock) in bright sunlight. He
said the period was something like 30 seconds to a minute. It
was overcast so I did not get to see this plant in action. Has
anybody ever heard of such a plant or have any idea of how or why
it would behave this way?

Scott