Good to hear you have gotten germination on the _Sarracenia_. Yep, as
Rob A said, after the cotyledons, the first leaves are tubular. In fact,
the cotyledons are really quite distinctive too.
I'm pleased because, even though I've grown _S.oreophila_ for several
years, I'm *finally* getting a flower on my largest plant.
>How slow a grower is U. humboldtii? I don't grow this species but most of
>the utrics I do have are very fast growers.
Don, my Arizona hobby-greenhouse is far from the misty Tepuis, and my
_U.humboldtii_ grows fairly slowly. I have a pot with about 4 leaves, and
I get a new leaf every few months. Mind you, it is still a very small plant.
Also, each leaf is large---a petiole 6+ cm long, and a leaf blade about 3*3
cm.
Jan,
>OK, but it seems these lobes are broadening (from the piont of divergence)
>- "cuneate" - and not of uniform width or strap shaped with parallel
>margins. The lateral lobes are not so typical if they are more rectangular
>than cuneate, but I think this is not so important.
Yes, they are all certainly broadening. That's very amusing that the
teratological sepal is qausi-normal for these plants. Well, I guess it
is not environmental!
I'm glad this plant is correctly ID'd now. Thanks. It is a lovely little
flower, but now that it's no longer needed I will destroy it by pollinating
it. I hope the plant doesn't decide to die now!
>_N.cf.mirabilis_ means: "I have keyed this specimen, and with the
Now I know what it means, what does cf stand for?
B