Drosera and nepenthes

Laurent Ide (lide@dvddd.com)
Mon, 14 Oct 1996 09:50:46 GMT

I put a fly in my Nepenthes saturday and sunday morning, I saw a very big
drop of liquid on the lip of the pitcher. I tried to know if it smells
something, but I feeled nothing. It was like water, but after I spread it
on my finger it becames sleepy like oil and then, after complete drying it
became sticky because the presence of sugar I guess. Does anyone
established the relation that makes that the catching of insects increases
the nectar production ?
Then, about Droseras : D. prolifera makes propagating branches. But what
about D. stolonifera ? As I know, D. prolifera is the only one to make
that. Well, then where does the name of D. stolonifera come from ?

Regards at all.

Laurent