Re: Nepenthes as Sarracenia parasites
Malcolm Maynard (Malcolm_Maynard@mindlink.bc.ca)
Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:05:10 -0700
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:36:50 -0400
>From: Heggood@aol.com
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Nepenthes as Sarracenia parasites
>Message-ID: <960911113649_305932890@emout01.mail.aol.com>
>
>I live in an Atlanta suburb and have an outdoor bog in which I grow my
>Southern
>CP. I have a decent stand of S. purpurea and the trap a bounty of insects
>and
>the pitchers contain the typical slurry of decomposed insects and enzymes.
>
>I grow several Nepenthes in the basement under lights in fabricated growing
>chambers. These may catch a small insect now and then, but their prospects
>aren't all that great. I was wondering if anyone out there in the CP
>community
>has ever tried snipping off a sarracenia leaf and transferring the contents
>to
>Nepenthes pitchers. would the enzymes be compatable?
Although I'm far from being an expert on CPs (just getting back into it
for the first time since high school), I really couldn't say whether or not
putting a Sarracenia's contents into a Nepenthes would be a good idea or
not, strictly speaking. I wouldn't, myself, though, if for no other reason
than not wanting to tempt the fates, as it were.
One thing you could try doing, I suppose is put a slice of banana or
some such fruit near your Nepenthes to help attract some fruit flies or the
like closer to your Nepenthes. That might help them along a bit...
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