This issue was mailed from North Carolina - this may mean in the
future, east coast subscribers will be getting their issues before
those on the west coast for a change.
Here's the synopsis:
Cover photo:
_P. alpina_, photo by Jurg Steiger. Plant from Switzerland.
No accompanying article, so it is expected there will be
one next issue from Jurg Steiger - a big European temperate
Ping grower who hasn't written an article for CPN in a LONG time.
Back cover: Yet another photo of _N. pervillei_.
Seed bank listing from Thomas Johnson is included (dated 11/7/93).
News and Views:
A 12-year-old writes about finding CP in Alaska.
Jeff Gold explains the status of the "Tepuis" organization. Jeff is
the one who was mentioned in the last few CPNs; where it is hinted that
others are mad for not getting their money's worth for whatever it
was they paid Jeff for. He said he used all the money on an expedition
to Venezuela, and then was accused of illegally collecting endangered
species of orchids and had all his permits suspended. Sounds like
he's in a big mess.
Randy Lamb writes that an experimental CP bog in Canada was wiped out
and turned into a golf course.
Articles:
"The Genus _Heliamphora_" by William Baumgartl. 7 pages, 6 color photos
includes photo of the author, plus an attempt at a key using flower
characteristics.
"The Identity of _D. 'Regan's Ford'_" by Martin Cheek. 4 pages.
Details the complication when Jan Schlauer's _D. chrysochila_ and
Lowrie's _D. citrina_ descriptions of the same plant were published
nearly simultaneously. _D. citrina_ is the valid name, by being
published 5 days sooner. This is the only pygmy Drosera having
yellow flowers.
11 Nepenthes hybrids made by Bednar and Bramblett are named.
"Hanging Swamps and Valley-Floor Swamps" by Robert Gibson.
"CP and Conservation Activities at the Fuqua Conservatory" by Don Schnell.
"_S. purpurea purp ssp purp f. heterophylla_ in Nova Scotia" by
Phil Sheridan and Bill Scholl.
"A new cultivar of _S. leucophylla_" by Ron Determann. The 'double
flower' _S. leucophylla_ is called _S. leucophylla 'Tarnok'. There's
two color photos of the plant in flower.
"CPs is Campos Rupestres" by Fernando Rivadavia. Photos of
_D. graminifolia_ and _U. purpureocaerulea_. _D. chrysolepis_
is said to have leaves to 14 cm long. My plants of this species
has some way to go before they get this big. They are over a year
old and has leaves only a little over a centimeter long.
Want Ad:
Thomas Johnson says he'll have _U. asplundii_ available in January
or February.
Literature Review:
_Byblis liniflora ssp occidentalis_ is described for the plant previously
referred to as 'Kununurra'. (Conran and Lowrie in Aust. Syst. Bot. 6:175)
About 10 other articles are cited...one mentions 2500 people climbed
Roraima last year. The Nature Conservancy article, "Busting Plant
Poachers" is reviewed too.
-- Don Burden New Albany, Indiana, USA donb@coplex.com