Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 14:59:45 PST From: Glenn Rankin <rankin@saiph.hpl.hp.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg90$foo@default> Subject: Re: A question about Drosophyllum!
When I've bothered to look, I have found that no cotyledons appear for
Drosophyllum seedlings. The seedcoat is retained by two very short
projections (cotyledons that never shed the seedcoat?) that attach at
right angles to the main plant, which is stem and leaves above
and root below.
FWIW, I have read that the same occurs for tuberous drosera: ie if the
seedling has cotyledons it is not a tuberous drosera.
Glenn
>
> > 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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