>Drosera brevifolia and D. intermedi are found in wet sandy
>Pine land.
But _D.intermedia_ is interesting because it also can grow in completely
wet conditions, growing as an emergent. It is in these circumstances I've
found the "tree-like" plants, in New Jersey, Georgia, and South Carolina.
>Sarracenia psittacina and S.drummondii like acid bogs.
Phil, actually _S.drummondii_ has long been renamed _S.leucophylla_, which
of course means white-leaved.
Gary:
As far as I know, _D.intermedia_ "Carolina Giant" is certainly not a
clonal name, nor has it been botanically described so is not really a
valid name. In contrast, the form of _D.binata_ you mention *has* been so
described, and so is properly refered to as _D.binata var. multifida_ or
even the form _D.binata var. multifida f. extrema_!
I have discussed these kinds of things with Jan, in the
context of various _Sarracenia_ colour forms (i.e. copper-top etc), and
have come to the conclusion that the best way to deal with these
spurious descriptions is a manner completely nonstandard. That is,
_S. flava_---red tube/copper lid
Same for this _D.intermedia. If you use quotes, as I used to, it invites
the possibility for confusion with cultivars and other formal recognitions.
I'm usually only picky about this on my list, and in snail-mail
correspondence. It is a bit cumbersome.
By the way, I'm not sure that _D.intermedia_---Carolina Giant (see,
like I said---cumbersome) is really a valid entity. It may just be
a matter of ideal conditions, or the occasional large plant.
Hey, after being pestered by some of you about how I am so mean
to my _Nepenthes_ (I grow the few species I have in standing water),
I changed my growing arrangement for them slightly. Now they don't
sit in water all the time, and they have bigger roots. Well the
damn things are growing like nuts now, threatening to burst out of
the terrarium in my office! But at least I have finally seen these
elusive ground pitchers of _N.ampullaria_ I've heard people talking
about.
BAMR