End of lurk

Derek Marshall (dmarshal@lr.net)
Tue, 7 May 1996 07:45:19 -0400 (EDT)

I have been reading this list for a few weeks, so it is time to jump in. I
am a potter and orchid grower currently acquiring a taste for CPs. My
introduction to CPs started last summer when I pulled my car over after
seeing some unusual plants in a bog not far from my house in NH, USA. Not
recognizing the strange flowers rising above the bog, I ventured out on an
apparently stable surface of Sphagnum moss. As I approached the plants
which now turn out to be a wonderful mass of Sarracenia purpurea, one leg
fell through the mat of Sphag and I realized that there was nothing beneath
but water. After extracting that leg and getting back to solid Sphag, the
other leg fell through and I lost all interest in all plants and immediately
set out for terra firma on all fours, quite wet, including camera and book...

Recently I found LeCoufle's book on CPs on sale for $5, a good deal. I also
discovered that the local supermarket had a sale of mini terrariums
("Terrarium of Terror") containing VFTs, some kind of Drosera and a
Sarracenia purpurea, all in a rather sorry state, but going cheap. These
are now in my greenhouse and the Dros. are already cleaning up the fungus
gnats. Of the four Drosera, two have rotted crowns although the lower
leaves are OK. I wonder if they will survive or does a dead apical growth
spell doom for these plants.

BTW, I sell a line of special clay epiphytic orchids pots which might be
just the thing for Nepenthes. Check out my web site on the Orchid Mall at:
http://www.netins.net/showcase/novacon/cyphaven/perfpot.htm

Anybody wanting the brochure of these pots (which will also hang nicely)
send me your snail mail address and I will be happy to mail the information.
If anyone has suggestions on the ideal CP pot, if such might exist, I would
be interested in your thoughts.

Cheers and good growing
Derek
Derek Marshall == Sandwich NH USA
Orchid Perfection Clay Orchid Pots, if you really want to grow orchids...
Ask for brochure: dmarshal@lr.net ** Check us out on the Orchid Mall