Re: Nepenthes twining habit
Jan Schlauer (zxmsl01@studserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de)
Thu, 11 Nov 1993 19:00:35 +0100
Chris, you wrote:
>Apparently, the
>jungle in Vietnam has quite alot of Nepenthes. Says they grow by rice
>patties. I have a friend who brought back one bizarre speciman from Vietnam
>which he found in a tree while looking MIA info. From these two experiences,
>it sounds like Vietnam is loaded with Nepenthes, perhaps some of which
>havn't been documented. Does anybody know of particular Nepenthes from this
>area?
Indochina (SE continental Asia excl. Malaysia) does home 3 (not quite alot)
species of _Nepenthes_, as far as I know:
_N.mirabilis_ (*very* boring, widespread)
_N.anamensis_ (moderately boring, endemic to Indochina)
_N.thorelii_ (rather interesting, maybe your "bizarre specimen", endemic to
Indochina)
The other "species" described from that region so far are synonyms of one
of the first two. I do not expect any really thrilling new discoveries
there. But never say "never"!
Kind regards
Jan