Cover photo is D. uniflora from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. This species
has a rosette about as big as a thumbnail.
One the rear cover is D. villosa. The caption for this photo was in the last
issue.
ICPS Seed Bank list from January 4, 1993: Nothing very interesting.
Offering of seeds of N. ventrata x ventrata "WIP" (World Insectivorous
Plants, an old defunct CP nursery). Gordon still uses the name
D. spathulata (it should be D. spatulata).
Special Notice: P. ionantha is on the "threatened" list.
Clyde Bramblett: two photos of hurricane damage to Orgel's Orchids.
They were just about completely wiped out. Marie's Orchids and CP was
damaged by a tornado. Bruce Bednar of Lee's Botanical Gardens lost some
Nepenthes to the hurricane.
Ad: CP seeds 25 for $10 (yeah, right!)
Part two of Randy Lamb's "CP Tour of South America". Photo of P. antarctica
(looks like small P. lutea).
CP of Ireland. III: David Moore by Charles Nelson. Sarracenia hybridizing
1870-1885.
The Blue Mountains, Proving Grounds of the Fork-Leaved Sundew. One B&W photo
of D. binata dichotoma - looks about like the one I have now thats spending
its winter on a shady windowsill - leaves are very long and floppy.
Cultivation of Nepenthes at Longwood Gardens - An Update After 12 Years. This
is the best article of this issue. They use equal parts long-fiber sphagnum
and osmunda fiber for soil. Eight photos - the photos for N. x mixta and
N. x dyeriana should be switched. N. x mixta looks like our N. x 'superba'.
Each species and hybrid they grow is listed - they have N. villosa, but
don't have N. gracilis!!??? Parentage of several hybrids are given for
the first time:
N. x excellens (Bednar) - N. x (thorelli x maxima) x mixta
N. x cv. 'Hachijo' (Okuyama) - N. (thorelli x mirabilis)
N. x leessii (Bednar) - N. x (mirabilis 'Gold Star' x mixta 'Superba')
N. x lesliei (Dodd) - N. x (ampullaria x veitchii)
N. x margaretea (Bednar) - N. x (kampotiana x ventricosa)
N. x splendiana (Bednar) - N. x (kampotiana x maxima)
N. x cv. 'St. Louis' (Pring) - N. x (chelsonii x dominii)
Nice photo of N. truncata.
Photo of N. x (truncata x alata) shows a plant that looks about 90%+ identical
to N. alata (to perhaps 'boschiana mimic' type). Is this sort of thing common
in Nepenthes hybrids? I have N. x trichocarpa (= gracilis x ampullaria)
that is very close to N. gracilis, and a N. x (mixta x mirabilis) that has no
N. x mixta traits I can discover.
Pitcher Plant Germination in Sequential Photographs. Two pages of developing
Sarracenia purpurea seedling.
Nepenthes of New Guinea. This is a book review by Martin Cheek. A
"hooded Nepenthes", N. klossii is mentioned. The book contains 30 line
drawings - no photos (I assume).
CP-Care and Cultivation by Lecoufle. This is a book review by Don Schnell -
he doesn't care for it.
Literature Review:
Jan Schlauer is mentioned - describing P. reticulata.
Lowrie and Marchant describe Drosera species - D. browniana, D. stolonifera
ssp. monticola, D. grievei, and D. sargentii.
Orchid seeds versus the mails - orchid seeds become fragmented into "flour"
when sent through the mail. A stiff mailing packet is recommended (as
opposed to trying to pad the mailer with tissue paper or bubble pack).