Re: Astounding Nepenthes report
MARTIN HENERY (mhenery@rna.bio.mq.edu.au)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 12:00:32 GMT+1100
> Hi all:
>
> Well, I tried something new with a healthy Nepenthes a few weeks ago. It
> opened a large trap. I looked around for bugs, or something to feed it, but
> I couldn't find anything. Then, I got an idea. I decided to fool the trap.
> I opened a magazine and clipped out a picture of an insect and dropped the
> picture into the trap. To my surprise, the picture dissolved in the trap,
> and, two weeks later, I was rewarded with both a MALE and FEMALE flower
> stalks. I cross polinated the flowers and waited. Soon, a single seed pod
> formed on the female stalk. When it matured, I opened it very carefully.
> To my amazement, nothing poured out of the capsule. Instead, when I opened
> the pod wider, I found a picture of some seeds.
>
> ---Steve
>
Dear Steve,
I think your getting just a little too involved with this hobby. Just
take the small, white tablets and lie down for a while.
Martin