Randy Palmer
sfdzeqe0@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
On Mon, 13 Nov 1995 cp@opus.hpl.hp.com wrote:
> CP Digest 528
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: Cuban cp
> by klmott@planetx.bloomu.edu (Kristin L. Mott)
> 2) LA Arboretum
> by Brian Jones <amicus@mach1.directnet.com>
> 3) Mushrooms with my VFT
> by mdknight@singnet.com.sg (Charles Wong)
> 4) Hello
> by Matthew Giunta <sfbaxlp@frog.thpl.lib.fl.us>
> 5) Well, here goes again!
> by bosco@interaccess.com (Doug Bosco)
> 6) microsoft TV ad
> by jorwa@ix.netcom.com (John Walker)
> 7) Re: For Matthew
> by jorwa@ix.netcom.com (John Walker)
> 8) Re: CP evolution, volume II
> by Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de (Jan Schlauer)
> 9) Re: Nitruda
> by Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de (Jan Schlauer)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 1
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 13:23:44 -0500
> From: klmott@planetx.bloomu.edu (Kristin L. Mott)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: Cuban cp
> Message-ID: <9511121823.AA23399@planetx>
>
> Andrew,
>
> Tell him to contact a Paul Temple who recently went to cuba. I don't know
> his address, but hopefully the name will help.
>
> -Tom- & Krissy
>
> p.s. got your list and some cold day over winter I will take a closer look
> at it and let you know what I might be interested in at some point.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 2
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 95 12:15:13 PST
> From: Brian Jones <amicus@mach1.directnet.com>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: LA Arboretum
> Message-ID: <Chameleon.4.01.951112121750.Brian@elvis.directnet.com>
>
> I was at the LA garden show last month. While the show was OK, what I really liked was the
> permanent display in the tropical greenhouse.
>
> They had a gorgeous Nepenthes in bloom hanging above a little stream, along w/misc. orchids,
> etc.
>
> I don't know what kind of plant it was, but the "lip" was variegated, kinda like a N formosa.
>
> Pretty cool.
>
> -------------------------------------
> Name: Brian Jones
> E-mail: amicus@.directnet.com (Brian Jones)
> Phone: (310) 392-9481
> Fax: (310) 399-0265
> Date: 11/12/95 Time: 12:15:14
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 3
>
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 07:53:30 +0800
> From: mdknight@singnet.com.sg (Charles Wong)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Mushrooms with my VFT
> Message-ID: <199511122353.HAA30243@merlion.singnet.com.sg>
>
> I've recently noticed lots of mushrooms appearing in the pot I keep my VFT
> in. Am I keeping the potting material too wet or is something else wrong here?
>
> The plant itself is growing very well although at a reduced rate due to the
> cold temperature now.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 4
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 21:26:35 -0500 (EST)
> From: Matthew Giunta <sfbaxlp@frog.thpl.lib.fl.us>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Hello
> Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.951112212003.13935A-100000@frog>
>
> Hello,
> I live in Tampa, Florida. I have three venus's-fly trap. I got the them
> about 2 weeks ago. I have been having some problems with them, but
> hopefully they will stay alive. I do not know to much about the VFT
> except for what I have read in encyclopedias. That is the reason why I
> joined this mailing list, to learn about them and most importantly keep
> them alive.
>
> Mattthew
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 5
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 23:59:08 -0600
> From: bosco@interaccess.com (Doug Bosco)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Well, here goes again!
> Message-ID: <199511130458.WAA07005@psycfrnd.interaccess.com>
>
>
> I decided to give cp growing another shot (hopefully, third time is a charm)
> and bought the following from California Carnivores:
>
> Saracena Flava (along with a 'hitch-hiker: D. Capensis)
> S. Alata
> and a S. Hybrid - S. Leucoblasta & 'Okee Giant' (a rather small giant)
>
> Also:
>
> Drosera Nitruda
> Drosera Peltata
>
>
> I think they look like they are either dormant (excepting D. Peltata) or
> close to it.
>
> Since I live in an apartment in the Chicago Area and put them out on my
> deck, they would freeze solid, so I doubt that would be an option.
>
> Should I keep them close to the window to expose them to as cold a temp
> as possible? Or should I not bother with trying to induce or keep dormancy?
>
> Anyone have any answers as to how I should grow these critters?
>
>
> Doug Bosco bosco@interaccess.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 6
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 09:53:26 -0700
> From: jorwa@ix.netcom.com (John Walker)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: microsoft TV ad
> Message-ID: <199511130512.VAA03111@ix4.ix.netcom.com>
>
> Has anyone seen the new commercial on American TV showing the use of
> Netscape on a new brand of computer? One of the moving pictures in the
> Netscape window was of a VFT trap closing on a bug while a bunch of kids
> were watching on excitedly. Just wondering if these types of moving
> pictures were really available on the net or if it was just advertising.
> Even if it was just advertising it's nice to see a cp popping up on TV.
> Perhaps we'll have a few new visitors to both the web site and the listserv
> in the near future!
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 7
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 10:14:48 -0700
> From: jorwa@ix.netcom.com (John Walker)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: For Matthew
> Message-ID: <199511130534.VAA17879@ix.ix.netcom.com>
>
> >Hello,
> >I live in Tampa, Florida. I have three venus's-fly trap. I got the them
> >about 2 weeks ago. I have been having some problems with them, but
> >hopefully they will stay alive. I do not know to much about the VFT
> >except for what I have read in encyclopedias. That is the reason why I
> >joined this mailing list, to learn about them and most importantly keep
> >them alive.
> >
> > Mattthew
> >
> >**********************************************************************
> Matthew,
>
> Please see Barry Meyers-Rices' FAQ at the address
> http://atsro.as.arizona.edu/~barry/cps/faq/faq.html
>
> This will give you information to keep your plants alive until you have
> learned more from the this list and from books listed in the pages linked to
> the FAQ. If you don't want to buy a lot of books to start with, try your
> local library. If you live in a large enough city they should have
> something on cp's. If you can't find a book, make maximum use of the net
> resources. Many people have gone to great lengths to supply free information!
>
> You can always contact me at my email address if you still have any problems.
>
> jorwa@ix.netcom.com
> John Walker
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 8
>
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:10:19 +0100
> From: Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de (Jan Schlauer)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: CP evolution, volume II
> Message-ID: <1395864150-15912837@>
>
> Dear Fernando,
>
> > Thus, I have never heard of studies proving that there really are
> >specific prey or pollinators of Drosera in Australia, but I imagine this
> >specialization does exist. So assuming these exist and adding the habitat
> >specialization which is known to exist, I ask myself WHY do these exist?
>
> I fear this question can not really satisfactorily be answered by science.
>
> > Could it be that intense speciation and specilization is a
> >natural result of the quick and forced evolution we discussed, caused by
> >the changing climate in Australia over the past few million years? Why
> >should the species become specialists and not remain generalists?
>
> This one is somewhat easier. Rapid species diversification
> ("specialization") is a phenomenon associated with adaptive radiation. And
> the latter process can be assumed to have occurred (not only in _Dosera_)
> when the climate in W and later SW AU changed from temperate to
> mediterranean type (creating new biotopes).
>
> >Or is it better to have a large number of
> >specialists to survive constant habitat changes?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is it possible for numerous generalist species to live together in a small
> >area and compete for similar necessities?
>
> Possible but more difficult (frequently leading to extinction of one or
> several of these taxa).
>
> > I wonder if the numerous Nepenthes species found in Borneo, for
> >example, are each specialized in trapping specific prey, being
> >pollinated by specific insects (which would be a natural barrier for
> >mass hybridization), and growing in specific habitats (altidudes
> >included)?
>
> Only the last seems likely (prey - mostly ants - and pollinators - mostly
> flying insects - seem to be rather unspecific).
>
> Kind regards
> Jan
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 9
>
> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:22:53 +0100
> From: Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de (Jan Schlauer)
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: Nitruda
> Message-ID: <1395863396-15958144@>
>
> Dear Doug,
>
> >(...)and bought the following from California Carnivores:
> (...)
> >Drosera Nitruda
>
> Does this have anything to do with _D.nitidula_?
> The name cited is unknown to me.
>
> Kind regards
> Jan
>
>
>
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> End of CP Digest 528
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