Re: Flytrap color and Spanish moss prices

Phil Semanchuk (semanchuk~pj@glaxo.com)
Thu, 18 Jul 96 13:37:01 -0400

> In addition to light, one thing I have found that
> affects Dionaea trap color is media.

That's interesting. I've seen Dionaea in the field where an all-green plant
grows right next to a lovely red one. This subject has come up on the list
before, and then I think we decided that a given plant will only have red
coloration if --
a) It has the proper genetics
b) It is growing in the right stuff (whatever that may be)
c) It gets lots of sun.

If the elusive "all-red" VFT is grown in dim light, does it lose it's
color?

Re: Spanish moss
I may be expensive in the UK, but in the extreme SE USA it grows on trees
for collection by the handful (for better or worse).

Phil