>If we're on the Earth's bum, why is it that the Northern Hemisphere produces
>the most waste products? ;-)
I thought your bubble might float off level with that one!
I'll report on the colours of the _U.bisquamata_ when my set of photos
come back from the lab. But I recall the inflated palate bulge was yellow,
and the rest of the corolla was white with some purple markings.
>The D. planchonii's (spel?) are growing quite well this year. One
>unusual feature of this species (although it probably is true for the
>climbing sundew group) is that the third leaf of each whirl, which has
>the slightly longer stem, develops very much faster than the remaining
>two. In fact, some of the
I've noticed this peculiarity with some of my erect tuberous _Drosera_
as well. It means you must wait for maturity to key them out using Lowrie's
books. Something also interesting this year in my _D.peltata auriculata_
from the Taylors-down-below---the plants came up and immediately assumed
a vertical form, without a basal rosette stage.
>>_U.bisquamata_ (known to the unwashed as ``U.capensis'' :}) with very
>What's the coloration of this clone like? One of mine (which I'm fairly
>certain is CAPENSIS) has nice "purple" markings, though I don't recall the
>Unfortunately, _U.bisquamata_ is the first legitimate name for the plant
Renaming this species (or perhaps more correctly, reviving the older name)
by Peter Taylor has met with more resistance than even eliminating the genus
``Polypompholyx.'' The much ado about nada reminds me of a little poem I
came upon when poking through the Australian National Botanical Gardens'
computer system. It was in a section on plant names and nomenclature...
Many an age agone,
Before man walked on earth,
I was. ... Man came,
Evolutional upstart one!
With the gift of giving a name
To everything under the sun.
What have I done? Man came,
Looked at me with eyes of blame,
And called me "Squinancy-wort".
Perhaps in his infinite mercy God will remove this Man!
Edward Carpenter (1844-1929).