Re. Weird Tissue and Comparison

Barry Meyers-Rice (barry@as.arizona.edu)
Mon, 24 Jan 94 09:44:36 MST

>I have a question for those Nepenthes growers out there. I am using a
>Phototron to grow about 5 Nepenthes. The Phototron realy does improve

Chris

Cool! I've seen those Phototrons advertised in various magazines, and it
looked like they were pitching very hard for indoor _Cannabis_ growers.
So, what is that thing? It looks like some weird terrarium with vertical
fluorescent lights. So, do you think it grows plants better than other
more conventional arrangements?

>I noticed that a tiny sundew has started to grow from the flower
>scape of a D. intermedia I have in a terrarium. I have never added

I believe this is called either "false vivipary" or "vegetative apomyxsis",
but in any event I've seen it happen to this species in cultivation and
in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

Barry