Don't give up hope! Give them a good soaking for several hours and they
may come around. Expect some casualties, but if they're still green, they
have some chance of living. The roots were probably damaged on many of the
plants if they were dried out completely. Treat them like fresh unrooted
cuttings or divisions and give them extra humidity and keep them out of
direct sunlight. Keep the soil slightly moist and don't overwater.
>
> and 2) Can anyone recommend a good source of species Nepenthes?
The seed bank has Nepenthes seed periodically. I've had good success
with Nep seed from Allen Lowrie. A good, cheap source for Nepenthes is
Bruce Bednar. He doesn't have any of the rare 'exotic' types. I gave a
list of the Neps Glasshouse Works sells a few months ago. They have
N. spectabilis and N. stenophylla for $30 each - these are two species that
are fairly rare. They also have N. boschiana for $15. This is considered
to be a form of N. alata - someone in the group mentioned that they were
looking for an N. alata.
>
>P.S. - How much are dues for the ICPS and if I join now can I start with the
>June issue of CPN?
Dues are $15/year for USA, $20/year for foreign members. There have been
no issues yet for 1992. The first one will probably be a double issue and
will come out soon. Starting a subscription in the middle of the year
gets you all issues published for that year up to the most recent one.
>A lovely collection of Nepenthes. My favorite were his specimens which had
>black pitchers, or pitchers with black reticulation.
What's this? Barry finally admits to liking Nepenthes!
Has Leo mentioned when the new CPN will come out? Does he still have
an active computer account?
Robert, sorry to here about the death of your D. falconeri.
Does anyone know what the parents of N. x Ted Payne are?
My D. falconeri are looking great. They have 12 mature leaves, lamina
15 mm. across. The lamina on newest leaves fold backwards, completely
double for a few days before straightening out. I'm trying one plant
in a pot of mostly sphagnum and another in a mixture of vermiculite,
perlite, and peat moss. I read somewhere they grow in nature in basic soils.
The one in sphagnum is bigger, but the other one has more dew on the leaves
and looks a little happier.
My D. linearis seedling (one plant) is growing great outdoors. This species
is not too tough to grow despite rumors to the contrary. It has just started
growing leaves a couple centimeters long that look somewhat like mature
leaves - erect with a linear lamina.
I haven't heard yet from the fellow I wrote to that worked at the
Kota Kinabalu herbarium.
The person who was looking for the CP film might try looking for it at
their local library. There's lots of nature films of this sort in our
library. You also might look for the episode of Nature that features a
look at Mt. kinabalu.