Re: A question about Drosophyllum!

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Mon Jan 06 1997 - 14:32:00 PST


Date:    Mon, 06 Jan 97 17:32 EST
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: A question about Drosophyllum!


> From: Phill Cook <pac@PHYSCHEM.OX.AC.UK>
>
> week. However, although its roughly in the right place in the pot, I'm not
> convinced its a Droso. Obviously the baby leaves it germinates with
> (sorry, the scientific name for them escapes me, but I'm just not a
> botanist!) will not be carnivorous, but should all of the following
> leaves be? This plant has also put on two or three other leaves and they
> are certianly not what one would expect an adult Drosophyllum leaf to
> look like.

This one is for Jan. When the three seeds sprouted in my Droso
pot, the first thing I noticed was: the cotyledon (baby leaves)
have traps! Anyway, as I thought about it, I figured perhaps
they don't develop and are "absorbed" into the stem before the
plant becomes visible. If not, then even the cotyledon for this
genus are carnivorous! (Unlikely, but if true, another good reason
they're not related to Drosera).

Dave Evans



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