Re: Nepenthes medium, Glasshouse Works

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Mon, 8 Mar 93 08:14:32 MST

>>The book costs about 40 pounds last time I looked, so isn't cheap.

>Arrghh!!! Um, maybe I'll leave that one for the moment... A rough
>conversion makes that about $100 AUS.

Indeed that is a rough conversion, at least on the pocketbook.

>I sent several people seedlings of D. madagascariensis last year.

Don: I was one of these people. As I think I've told you, I have one
seedling of this batch growing well, in the same conditions as my
D.collinsiae, and I see no difference yet between them. But it is
not yet flowering size. I've kept your table of madagascariensis vs.
collinsiae and will see how my plants compare flowering occurs.

>I got a copy of "Orgel's Orchids" price list last week. The number of
>Neps available is down, but supposedly they are recovering from the
>hurricane, and more species will be available later this year.

Wow! I'm amazed. From what I heard he was practically levelled. And not
only that, but Orgel was battling sporotrichosis too.

B