My healthiest plants of _P. cyclosecta_(?) are totally green. I have two
pots with about a dozen rosettes growing in each. When the pots are
watered, it's usually poured onto the same spot time after time. This
causes some rosettes to get less water than others. A few rosettes on the
drier soil are still green in the center, but the older leaves on these
plants turn pinkish as they age. As the plants are obviously stressed and
they're much smaller than the totally green ones, I believe the coloration
is atypical.
>Don (Burden): I once borrowed Kondo from you so I know you have the book.
>Am I right re: all these _Nepenthes_ references in that book? I don't recall
>Kondo having many _Nepenthes_ photos....
All the page number references in your previous message are correct for
the photos in Kondo's book. Kondo's book contains photos of 35 species of
Nepenthes. Photos in this book of plants growing in the wild are good,
but many of the photos show juvenile plants in cultivation that aren't
representative of the mature species. The magazine Nature Malaysiana is
still the best - only $3.50 too!
Some bookstores still carry Graf's Tropica. This book has many color
photos of Nepenthes - mostly hybrids growing in various botanical gardens.
The book is too expensive to buy just for this, but it's worth browsing
through if you find it in a bookstore.
-- Don Burden New Albany, Indiana, USA donb@coplex.com