* D. regia seed from lowrie is germinating. It was planted
on 2/5/92, and today I noticed 2 germinations.
* N. boissiense has shown the first pitcher from a bud at
soil level (this on a 2' vine). It's a ground pitchers,
and looks a bit like N. rafflesiana. Thin lip though.
* D. binata dichomata "Giant" has come out of dormany, and is
sending up some real tall leaves. Big. Neat.
* N. mirabilis outside is doing OK. Some plantlets showed
withering at the edges of the leaves. I think this may be
from too much water rather than cold, so I've backed off on
the water.
* Repotted some D. hamiltonii plantlets. I've had this species
in peat/sand under a layer of live moss, and it hasn't been
growing very aggressively, so I transplanted some small plants
which Barry sent me last year (remember?) into straight peat/sand.
* D. falconeri are growing slowly, under lights, at work. I
don't believe this species is easy, despite what Lowrie wrote
in CPN. Maybe they're going dormant. D. petiolaris seedling
(pygmy sized) is doing great under the same conditions, and
petiolaris aff. "Kununuura" is doing good as well, AFER I
repotted it in a peatier peat/perlite w/ peat top dressing.
The previous mix had too much perlite, and the plant didn't
do well with that. I think perlite is an OK substitute for
sand, but you should have more like a 60/40 peat/perlite mix
at least, not 50/50.
Robert