Re: Private Life of Plants

Rob Brisler (brislerr@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 29 Jul 1996 03:38:58 +1000 (EST)

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At 04:01 PM 26/07/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi list,
>
> Could someone give me a hand with the ID of a number
>of the plants (CP) shown in this book by Sir David Attenborough?
>pg. 72 shows a Heliamphora, what species?
>
>pg. 79, Nepenthes time lapse photographs, what species, gracilis?
>
>pg 80 shows N.ampullaria, N.rafflesiana, N. lowii and N.villosa
>but in the back they mention none of these names.
>
>pg 81 shows what? N.gymnaphora?
>
>pg 83 has a great shot of Drosera catching a crane-fly. I've
>never seen a Drosera with such long petioles and a wiry stem.
>Is this one of those bulb forming plants from Australia?
>
>Dave Evans
>
Sorry Dave I can only help with the last one. It DOES appear to be a form
of _D. peltata_, a tuberous Drosera which is quite common over here in Oz.

Rob Brisler

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