Randy Palmer
sfdzeqe0@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
On Sat, 27 Apr 1996 cp@opus.hpl.hp.com wrote:
> CP Digest 696
>
> Topics covered in this issue include:
>
> 1) Re: question regarding Cephalotus
> by Rick Walker <walker@cutter.hpl.hp.com>
> 2) Nomina Nuda
> by "Demetrio Lamzaki" <Dee_Lamzaki@msn.com>
> 3) D.erythrorhiza subspecies squamosa
> by Stephen Jackson <wacko@ozemail.com.au>
> 4) PHOTOS PLEASEEEEE !!!
> by pitagora@bbs.infosquare.it
> 5) Re: Thrip info
> by "Philip F. Wight" <phil@wight.com>
> 6) collections?
> by "Eric Smith" <ericsm@puccini.crl.umn.edu>
> 7) Re: Seven dust defeats Spider Mites attacking Venus when Ivory would't.
> by Randall Palmer <sfdzeqe0@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
> 8) new member
> by anja.gasser@erlangen.netsurf.de
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 1
>
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:07:08 -0700
> From: Rick Walker <walker@cutter.hpl.hp.com>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: question regarding Cephalotus
> Message-ID: <199604270607.AA199105229@cutter.hpl.hp.com>
>
>
> > > I was browsing through the 1996 CP growlist and was suprised to
> > > see listings for:
> > >
> > > Cephalotus hispidula
> > > Cephalotus follicularis
> > > Cephalotus repens
> >
> > I have never seen the names C.hispidula (IMHO wrong because _Cephalotus_
> > should be male => "C.hispidulus") and C.repens. A growlist is not
> > necessarily a publication but does the stuff exist in any distributed form?
> > Where did it appear? When did you receive it? If the growlist is citable in
> > any form I would like to include the above mentioned monsters as nomina
> > nuda in my list.
>
> Whoops! This is simply a misprint.
>
> It came from Dave Purk's growlist:
>
> ...
> GENUS Nepenthes
> x Trichocarpa []
> x Dominni "intermedia" []
> gracilis []
> mirabilis []
> ventricosa []
> vieillardii []
>
> GENUS Cephalotus
> follicularia []
>
> Genlisea
> hispidula []
> repens 'Auyan Tepui' []
>
> Notice the missing GENUS keyword on the Genlisea entry.
>
> When my growlist-compiler program gobbles this up, it lumped the
> "hispidula" and "repens" entries into the Cephalotus genus.
>
> It's fixed now. No cause for alarm... ;-).
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Rick Walker
>
> BTW: the growlist is available on the listserv archives. (both by email
> and on the WEB) It is called cp.growlist and is a compilation of lists
> from 25 growers. The file includes directions for how to submit your
> own listing for inclusion in the database.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 2
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 96 06:19:12 UT
> From: "Demetrio Lamzaki" <Dee_Lamzaki@msn.com>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Nomina Nuda
> Message-ID: <UPMAIL02.199604270621330460@msn.com>
>
> >A growlist is not necessarily a publication but does the stuff
> >exist in any distributed form? Where did it appear? When did
> >you receive it? If the growlist is citable in any form I would like
> >to include the above mentioned monsters as nomina nuda in
> >my list.
>
> The growlist he's referring to is part of the archive, someone meant to say
> they grew Genlisea but somehow typed Cephalotus instead. I would be cautious
> about adding them to your list Jan, if you include as nomina nuda every
> misspelling/misstatement from people's growlists you will easily triple the
> size of your list overnight! Someone who wants to give you a lot of work to
> do could scramble scientific names of CP right now and add several hundred
> monsters to the growlist and make your existing list a farce, it could be a
> dangerous precedent IMHO. Why do I suddenly have the urge to add the names
> "Nepenthes lamzakiana" and "Drosophyllum demetrium" to my growlist...:-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Demetrios
>
>
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>
> Topic No. 3
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 19:12:07 +1000 (EST)
> From: Stephen Jackson <wacko@ozemail.com.au>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: D.erythrorhiza subspecies squamosa
> Message-ID: <199604270912.TAA12913@oznet02.ozemail.com.au>
>
> In reply to Glenn Rankins' query about the loss of colour in his Drosera
> erythrorhiza ssp. squamosa, I have the following comments to make.
>
> My first contact with these plants was in 1979 when I located them in a
> rubbish tip south of Perth, Western Australia. They were growing in full sun
> and partial shade, in very nearly pure, fine grained silica sand.
>
> I managed to grow them in their native soil for 2 seasons, after which I
> divided and repotted them in a mix of 90% silica sand and 10% peat.
> Unfortunately, my experience was the same as Glenns in that the plants lost
> colour over the next couple of seasons, and also lost some vigour.
>
> As light levels were strong, and my dormancy regimen was very successful on
> other tuberous Drosera, I wonder if the native soil has a characteristic
> which we are not mimicking, ie Ph, Fungal symbiosis or mineral content?
>
> If anyone is successful in maintaining the colour in this plant, Glenn and I
> are hanging on our modems waiting to hear your secret!
> Steve Jackson.
>
>
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>
> Topic No. 4
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 13:51:34 -0500
> From: pitagora@bbs.infosquare.it
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: PHOTOS PLEASEEEEE !!!
> Message-ID: <TCPSMTP.16.4.27.13.51.34.3013193395.133059@bbs.infosquare.it>
>
> My name is Marcello. I'm a student. I'm 20 and I've been growing c.p.
> for almost 10 years. I'm a member of I.C.P.S. and A.C.P.S. Well, I'm
> collecting photos of Nepenthes to make a book.
> This book will consist in a kind of big catalogue with the images of
> all the species and varieties of Nepenthes. It will be like a "family
> album", almost without written parts. Could you send me your list of
> plants and tell me if you can help me?
> My idea would be to ask you to photograph your plants. Obviously I
> will send you the money for the roll of film and I'll print it by
> myself.
> Anyway, let's start to know if you are able to help me. So, in any
> case, please send me an answer, so that I can know it. Thank you in
> advance. Don't forget to send me your e-mail address.
>
> InterNet: Pitagora@bbs.infosquare.it Marcello Catalano
> via Ronchi 2
> 20134 Milano
> Italy
>
> ---
>
> Mail sent from InfoSquare BBS, telnet address: bbs.infosquare.it port: 23
>
> ---
>
>
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>
> Topic No. 5
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 07:23:56 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Philip F. Wight" <phil@wight.com>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: Thrip info
> Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9604270751.A9039-0100000@waltz>
>
> My thanks to all that responded to my cries. I haven't had any Pings for
> years but think I'd better call Damato and pick up a few again. Also
> I'll try the Malathion spray and since I use NZ sphagnum, much of which
> is alive, I will follow your advice re tilting.
>
> Hope I can get rid of the buggers before they "do in" the collection.
> Thanks again, everyone!
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 6
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 09:53:37 -0500
> From: "Eric Smith" <ericsm@puccini.crl.umn.edu>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: collections?
> Message-ID: <199604271453.JAA16748@puccini.crl.umn.edu>
>
> I've just recently begun growing cp's, and when I found this group, I signed up
> . I had two questions. First of all, my family owns some land up in Northern
> Wisconsin. On that land there is a floating spagnum bog. When I've gone
> through there, I've seen two types of CP's. One was a small sundew, about an
> inch to an inch and a half across for the whole plant, and the other was a
> purple viened pitcher. I was wondering if you knew if there was anything that
> prohibits me from collecting these plants. I know they're rare, but there's a
> respectable number of plants growing there, and it's our land. If I wanted to,
> could I legally take a couple of each to try growing with my other CP's? My
> other question was concerning a recent post about water. Someone wrote
>
> >I set up my RO unit today and started producing water. After testing the
> >resulting water, it turned out to be identical to the test results I get from
> >bottled distilled water, it really does the job. Looks like my water problems
> >are solved, thanks again to everyone here who helped me find a solution.
>
> What is a RO unit, and what does it do?
>
> Anyway, thanks for all the helpful tips I've gotten through this service, and I
> hope someone out there has an answer for my questions
>
> -eric
>
> ericsm@puccini.crl.umn.edu
>
>
>
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>
> Topic No. 7
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 11:58:50 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Randall Palmer <sfdzeqe0@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: Seven dust defeats Spider Mites attacking Venus when Ivory would't.
> Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960427115208.20394A-100000@scfn>
>
> ORTHO Seven Dust so far hasn't hurt my Pings and saved my Venus
> when I dusted their ground.
>
> Randy Palmer
> sfdzeqe0@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Topic No. 8
>
> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 19:38:39 +0000
> From: anja.gasser@erlangen.netsurf.de
> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: new member
> Message-ID: <199604271644.SAA01467@erlangen.netsurf.de>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Anja and I am a new CP'er. I live in Germany, working here
> in a mikrobiological laboratory (with bacteria, fungi, etc..)
> I am fascinated in CP's since I got a Venus Fly Trap (it is only a few
> month ago, so I am really a beginner ) I like to learn more about
> this plants and how to cultivate them.
> Now I have a few CP's: Nepenthes, Drosera and of course VFT (wich are
> my favourite CP's ). They grow on my window-sill in ordinary
> flower-pots. Is it better to use a small greenhouse (very small, for
> window-sills) ???? Is it necessary to use additional light
> (special lamps for plants) ??? And does anybody know, where I can get
> seeds of CP's ????
>
> Greetings
> Anja
>
>
>
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