Re: stuff

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 28 Jun 93 09:22:25 PDT

>>Robert,
>>How familiar is Chuck Powell with variability in South African _Drosera_?
>>It is true, some people (like Paul Debbert) are inclined to accept more
>>taxa than I am. But if you like to follow them, please check if you could
>>at least accept the equation "D.coccicaulis" (nom.nud.)= _D.venusta_.
>>I do not know of any valid description of "D.coccicaulis" (and doubt there
>>ever will appear one), so I do not like this "name" very much.

I don't know what CPs qualifications are, but he said that
he is a taxonomist. I'll also note that he claimed to have
received a D. coccicaulis ID'd as a D. venusta, which implies
that he believes these to be distinct species.

Personally I just grow the plants for show, so I don't get up in
arms either way, as long as I know what plants I'm going to receive
based on the name I order them under.

Jan, do you knoq if Joachim is still selling plants? I sent
him a letter a few weeks ago with a reply coupon in it and
haven't heard back from him yet. Perhaps he's just busy.

Robert