Re: Siamese twins?

dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Mon, 26 Jun 95 18:46 EDT

> From: bertozzi.terry@WPO.PI.SA.GOV.AU
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> The plant was a _N. spectabilis_. The curious thing about it was
> that one leaf had produced two tendrils and hence two pitchers.
> These pitchers were identical in height and shape and there were
> only vary small differences in colour. Also the tendrils were of
> exactly the same length and so the pitchers were hanging side by
> side. The grower concerned (and everyone else at the meeting) had
> never seen this before. Has anyone else had this happen to their
> _Nepenthes_?

Yeah, I wish. Something similar did just happen to my N.x splendiana,
the spur behind the lid, of which there are always only one, is split
right bown the center. Looking something like:

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Quite cute actually.

Dave Evans