Re[2]: Neps liquid level
BREWER_CHARLES@ecomail.damneck.navy.mil
Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:21:19 -0500
I do not own many Nepenthes, but the ones I do have, have full size
pitchers.
This past fall I moved from a townhouse to regular home and when I
moved, I dumped the fluid out of all my sarr and nep's to keep them from
spilling out all over the truck. Now all my plants are in a greenhouse
which does not get the normal rain. I took a moment the other day to
check the water levels of some of my plants(sarr and nep's) and to my
surprise, there was standing water in most of the pitchers. Some plants
had more fluid then others did. Besides the plant drawing water up from
the roots, I am wandering if there is some sort of condensation action
that takes place within the pitchers that may helps to increase the
fluid level.
Charles Brewer
Virginia Beach, Va
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Date: 11/20/96 9:49 AM
Hi Laurent. I am not sure one can say the function of the "tops" is to
completely block out any rain, but perhaps to regulate the amount of
rain water getting into the pitcher. I propose this because I have
noticed that the water level decreases in my Nepenthes without filling
back up. I haven't dumped out the contents of a pitcher yet to see if
it will fill up again, but I doubt it would fill up very much. Has
anyone observed this?
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