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Don (dngess01@vlsi.louisville.edu)
Mon, 19 Jul 93 20:02:29 -0400
>Is this the plant I sent you, or did it croak? My _N.ampullaria_ `Red'
>is starting to produce upper foliage, I think. I'm glad because the
>internodal distance is larger and more amenable to leaf cuttings! I've
>grown this plant for years, and this is the first time it has ever started
>to produce foliage this way.
>
My plant is the same one you sent. About 50% of the pitcher is
covered with red spots and the peristome is mostly green but turns
orange with higher light intensity. Thomas Johnson has the much
sought after N. ampullaria 'Cantley's red'. There's another 'giant'
form (supposedly) out there somewhere too.
I gave away lots of P. kondoi in the past. My plant was originally from
Gordon S.