Re: N. mirabilis

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Fri, 12 Nov 93 08:38:54 +0000

>You know, I am not a big fan of this genus, but I think there *is*
>something interesting about _N.mirabilis_. That is, while the various
>_Nepenthes_ species like conditions of various wetness in the soil,
>_N.mirabilis_ is the only species I have seen (photos of) growing in
>standing water, almost as an emergent. But I have never seen this genus
>in the wild so I don't know much about how they really occur.

"Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu" has a B/W picture of "aquatic" N. mirabilis -
rather remarkable. I always cringe when I see Nepenthes sitting in trays of
water with their soil soaking wet. But of course, even this apparently hardy
Nepenthes failed to grow here... (mine was actually a ssp (?) echistoma).

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Another Nepenthes bites the dust...