> Your second question is a good one. A few weeks ago I promised to
> obtain information about the annual temperatures and rainfall in the
> habitat I visited and post it on the list, but I still haven't gotten
> around to it. In September the Spanish Mereorological Service announced
> that it would soon go on-line, and I was hoping that this might be an
> easy way to look up this data, but they're still not connected yet.
> One of these days soon I hope to visit the university library and look
> it up using the conventional method. In the mean time, I think Lecoufle
> and Slack mention something about its winter hardiness in their books.
> I don't remember at the moment, and I haven't been too worried about it
> myself since where I live it almost never freezes. When I know something
> I will post it.
I keep my Drosophyllum plants in with my Sarracenias which I do not heat
at all. Last year I had minus 9 Celsius as a minimum. Small plants
seem to object more to these sort of temperatures and I did lose some
seedlings which had selfed themselves in several places but I have never
lost largeer plants to thse sort of temperatures.
BTW I find that when the plant needs watering the leaves become
distinctly less dewey. Another good tip to growing these plants is to
use the largest pot you can find and if at all possible use a clay pot.
I think the clay pot allows a bit more tolerance with watering since you
get evaporation through the sides of the pots as well as from the
surface.
> Best regards,
>
> Gordon Wells
> Instituto de Robotica e Informatica Industrial
> Edificio Nexus, planta 2
> Gran Capitan 2-4
> Barcelona 08034
> SPAIN
>
>
-- Phil Wilson (cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk)