Yeah, and it will proceed to shake the seeds all over into your other pots.
Beware! I usually do not let my cappys, spathies, alicae, or capensis flower
for this reason!
>Does Don Schnell ever mention his Heliamphora? His Heliamphora article I
>loaned you mentioned he was successful in getting lots of seed from
>his plants. Ever try to beg him to send you any Heliamphora seeds?
Never mentioned them. I would turn down the seeds if he offered them since
my growing conditions are too warm. Or, more probably, I'd take them but
would tell him I'd distribute them to growers in cooler climes.
Oh oh. LISTEN UP! If any of you ever got any S. oreophila seedlings from me
that I said came from Don Schnell, BEWARE! One of them is starting to
produce pitchers with broadly flared erect pitcher lids---clear sign of
S. purpurea influence. Looks like some accidental hybridization in Don
S.'s G-house. I'll take him to task next time I write him. Now I'm
eyeing my other CP seeds from him! This sort of irritates me.
On the other hand, any S. oreophila seedlings you might have gotten from me,
from Paul McMillan's crosses, still look good to me.
Getting germination of some interesting forms of D. capensis from Allen
Lowrie, such as a couple `Giant' forms.
Rick: Not to throw water on the fire regarding your excellent CP-list
idea, but (quite humbly) I've got a friggin huge CP list (well, at least
250+ entries of species, varieties, hybrids, etc.) and the idea of
typing all this stuff in is sort of scarey. Now, granted it is already
on this very computer, but it is in TEX format {which is ascii but with
lots of extra characters} as anyone unfortunate enough to ask for this
file from me knows! Also, it changes on a weekly basis with
germinations, deaths, etc. etc. I don't know how to get around these
problems. Keeping own list up to date for me is a job enough as it is!
I was doing some major landscaping today. My wife and I removed this
old weed-vine from part of the house---woody stem 4" across at the base.
Anyway, this kooky woman next door (who wouldn't prune a bush---hurt it
so!---if her life depended on it) came over and said, "OH NO! You're
cutting down that poor plant! What gives you that right! Who do you
think you are!" I looked at her and said, "Well as far as that plant is
concerned, God, I guess." She was stunned by my response. She
practically burst into tears as she hustled back into her house
(probably to feed her 8 cats). My pleasure had no bounds.
BAMR