thanks
Andrew Marshall (andrewm@eskimo.com)
Tue, 5 Dec 1995 09:57:29 -0800 (PST)
To everyone out there who responded to my question the other day re.
the Bild-Schoner. Thanks for the help in getting this figured out.
Also as I am here wanted to note here that like Jos Franken who
writes that one of his P. moranensis has formed a 'pitcher shaped leaf.
I also have noted this phenomena in tissue cultured P. moranensis and in
the tissue cultured P. agnata x gypsicola. I didn't think much of it at
the times when it occurred and so neglected to photograph it immediately.
What I did note though is that this curiosity did not remain for long on
the plant. It seemed that a couple of weeks after noting the strange
leaf that I was unable to find it, even though I was looking at the same
plant. It seemed that the leaf mutated in its early development somehow,
grew out as a pitcher, reminiscent of a Heliamphora type of leaf, then
after a couple of weeks reverted to its original shape. I will
photograph the leaf immediately next time knowing now that it is a short
lived occurrence. This all goes to further validate what Juerg Steiger
wrote in response as to it being a localized malformation of the
individual leaf rather then a genetic mutation in the plant. I look
forward to seeing this in the other Pinguicula that he mentions. I have
them but have never seen them malform like this. I will of course send
the photos if I get any to the cpn so we all can see them.
Well thats all for now. Thanks again to all who took the time to
tell me what a Bild-Schoner was.
Good Growing
Andrew
btw Jos, was your P. moranensis from seed or tissue cultured? Has any one
else seen this occur and was it form seed or tissue culture?