Re: bicalcarata hybrids

DMaupin738@aol.com
Sat, 13 Apr 1996 21:02:47 -0400

>>>I don't believe I have ever seen a picture of a cross with N.
>>>bicalcarata and anything - do they exist?
>>
>>There have been hybrids with bicalcarata, but from what I've heard many
lack
>
>>the "fangs" of the bicalcarata parent so the results are nondescript. (...)
>

In Carnivorous Plants Care and Cultivation, by Marcel Lecoufle page 13 has a
photo of what is labeled Urn of a natural hybrid of N. rafflesiana and N.
bicalcarata.
Jan has this photo been mislabed by Lecoufle?

>Two hybrids involving _N.bicalcarata_ have been published so far:
>
>N. * cantleyi nom.nud. is _N.bicalcarata * N.gracilis_.
>
>N. * 'Nina Dodd' (cf. J.T.Robinson, CPN 17:20, 1988) is _N.bicalcarata *
>((N.northiana * N.maxima) * (N.rafflesiana * N.veitchii))_.

I just received some back issues.(Thank you Tom Johnson) The above issue was
in it. For those you who don't have it send me a personal email with the
format you view pictures and I will send both pictures to you.

Happy Growing,
Doug