CP WWW page update: and call for GIFs!

Rick Walker (walker@jr.hpl.hp.com)
Thu, 01 Dec 1994 18:44:27 -0800

The CP Web page has been updated. Jan's new database has been installed
which now includes somatic chromosome numbers/references for many
species. This should be handy for anyone interested in making hybrids.

In addition, I have just added about 40 pictures to the database for the
following species:

[Dionaea muscipula] [Heliamphora minor] [Heliamphora nutans]
[Nepenthes * dicksoniana] [Nepenthes * ventrata] [Nepenthes alata]
[Pinguicula alpina] [Pinguicula balcanica] [Pinguicula corsica]
[Pinguicula grandiflora f.pallida subsp.rosea]
[Pinguicula grandiflora f.pallida] [Pinguicula grandiflora subsp.rosea]
[Pinguicula grandiflora] [Pinguicula gypsicola] [Pinguicula hirtiflora]
[Pinguicula leptoceras x vulgaris] [Pinguicula leptoceras]
[Pinguicula longifolia subsp.caussensis]
[Pinguicula longifolia subsp.longifolia]
[Pinguicula longifolia subsp.reichenbachiana]
[Pinguicula lusitanica] [Pinguicula macroceras nortensis]
[Pinguicula macroceras] [Pinguicula moranesis] [Pinguicula nevadensis]
[Pinguicula vallisneriifolia] [Pinguicula vulgaris f.bicolor f.albida]
[Pinguicula vulgaris f.bicolor] [Pinguicula vulgaris]
[Utricularia sandersonii]

Take a look. The address is "http://www.hpl.hp.com/bot/cp_home".

We are now soliciting good pictures of species that are not
already covered. Please send uuencoded GIFs or JPEGs of 100kbytes or
less, along with the following information in this same format:

################### start of sample GIF/JPEG data file ############
PUB: Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
ISSUE: v7#1
DATE: March, 1978

IMAGE: 0003.gif
PAGE cover
NAME: [Nepenthes alata]
CREDIT: Photo by Leo Song, scanned by Rick Walker
TEXT: {
<em> Nepenthes alata </em>from near Quezon Cith (near Manila), Luzon
Island, Phillipine Islands. This easily grown species is
part of the CP collection at the California State University,
Fullerton greenhouse. <em>N. alata</em> is a highly variable
species. This plant has pubescent pitchers and is planted in a one
gallon container which is about 18 cm high.
}

# you can put comments in your data file by starting the comment line
# with a hash symbol...

# since the following photos have never been published,
# this is a null publication to reset the ISSUE, DATE, and PAGE.
PUB:

IMAGE: 0037.gif
NAME: [Nepenthes * ventrata]
CREDIT: Pekka Ala-Siuru
TEXT: {
A Nepenthes sp. hybrid (coll.P Ala-Siuru).
Previously green-red pitchers turn fully red in bright sunshine.
}

IMAGE: 0038.gif
NAME: [Nepenthes * ventrata]
CREDIT: Pekka Ala-Siuru
TEXT: {
A Nepenthes sp. hybrid (coll.P Ala-Siuru).
Previously green-red pitchers turn fully red in bright sunshine.
closer look for a pitcher, quite natural red coloring
}

PUB: ACPS bulletin
ISSUE: v13#2
IMAGE: 0039.gif
PAGE: cover
NAME: [Utricularia sandersonii]
CREDIT: Photo by Barry Meyers-Rice, Scan by Pekka Ala-Siuru
TEXT: {
Utricularia sandersonii in full blossom
}
################### end of sample GIF/JPEG data file ##############

The "PUB:", "ISSUE:", and "DATE:" entries are "sticky". That is they
don't go away unless you re-issue a new "PUB:" command. This allows
you to list multiple scans from the same issue while only updating
the "PAGE:" information.

Information in the "TEXT: { }" area should be formatted to html standards.
Probably all you need to know for this is that "<em>" starts italic,
and "</em>" stops it.

Don't worry about the IMAGE: entry. I will assign a number to your
image when it arrives. You can name your gif anything you want for
sending it.

Under the "CREDIT:" field, make sure to give credit to the photographer
and the person doing the scan. Here is your chance to immortalize
yourself in the CP database! :-).

So far, I've only scanned in the interesting photos from CPN V7 numbers
1 & 2. If anyone is interested in scanning more photos, let me know so
we don't duplicate our efforts. I have verbal permission from Joe
Mazrimas to use the CPN photos for this purpose.

Thanks in advance for your contributions! (and enjoy)

--
Rick