RE:Seedlings
Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 7 Mar 1994 13:42:23 +0800
>>Barry and others
>>
>>Last year you sent me seed of S. alata, flava and minor. All have
>>germinated, with flava the first to do so. What surprises me is that
>>after the 2 cotyledons, I am now getting what appear to be very small
>>pitchers. The height of the plants to the cotyledons is approx. 1 cm
>>then the "pitchers" rise 2-3 cm above that. This is on the flava
>>seedlings, although alata appear to be doing something similar.
>>
>>Not having grown these from seed before, these come as a bit of a
>>surprise.
This is the normal behavior for Sarracenia seedlings.
In fact it it so certain that it distinguishes between
Sarracenia seedlings and other random weed seedlings.
Unfortunately it's not generably possible to differentiate
species reliably for at least the first year.
Robert