Lately I've been enjoying my Mexican _Pings_ more than ever before, mostly
because I've discovered how much happier they are if you don't have their
pots sitting in water. They like much drier soil than I expected. Anyway,
I've been taking lots of leaf cuttings and have been nearly 100% successful.
Now I see my _P.agnata_ is going to flower. I was looking at this plant
and noticed something interesting. There are glandular hairs not only on
the adaxial (top) surface of the leaves, but also on the abaxial (bottom)
surfaces. Not just hairs, but *glandular* hairs---I touched them and saw
little strands of goo as I pulled my finger away. In the September CPN
(not the newest one that I haven't gotten yet) some blokes make a big stink
about some Mexican _Ping_ they discovered that has abaxial glands. I thought
this was pretty neat at the time, but now I am not sure it's such a new
thing. Jan, is there much about _Ping_ indumentum in the literature? Is
abaxial glandularity considered a rare thing? I know you lump large numbers
of Mexican _Pings_ into _P.moranensis_ and _P.agnata_---is this a trait
common in _P.agnata_?
Bazza