Re: CP

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Fri, 7 May 93 16:22:40 +0000

>>Ah, but neither comes close to a Stapelia in full-bloom...
>>My latest plant aquisition is a Stapelia hirsuta (*very* hairy flowers
>
>Ah yes. I have three species myself, including the mighty and mighty
>smelly _Stapelia gigantea_ which makes flowers about 16" across, and
>which on a warm moist day (rare but occasional in Arizona) are
>incredible. I have heard they contain the delightful chemical
>cadaverine, which must have an interesting extraction history in
>chemical annals that I don't want to know about.

I shall have to look out for that one at ye old Gardenworld (Collectors
Corner) BTW My sister told me that CC @ Gardenworld had a Heliamphora
plant for sale at a mere $100 approx. I don't think I trust myself with
one of these...

My poor little Genlisea seedlings have died off recently - they barely
got past the one leaf stage :-( However, my Brocchinia reducta
(supposedly) has grown up rapidly from its (expensive) seedling into a
nice looking plant a few inches tall. I don't think it's getting enough
light though, as the "pitcher" is rather loose and the leaves are green
with darkish veins, instead of the yellow tight vertical ones shown in
Slack's 2nd book. When it gets bigger (and the weather's safer) I might
try it outside the greenhouse...