Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 23:21:33 +0100 From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg379$foo@default> Subject: Re: CP identification
On 21 Jan 97 at 15:11, Mellard, David wrote:
> I did some impulse buying at Home Depot over the holidays and can't figure
> out what cp I bought. Can you help? It came in one of those hotel cp
> set-ups: brown base, clear, plastic dome, pure peat media. Here's the
> description:
>
> 1. Rosette leaf formation growing close to the surface
> 2. Lime green leaves, clear mucilage, no red anywhere
> 3. 2 inch diameter plant
> 4. Leaves are much longer than they are wide: say, 3:1 or 4:1
> 5. I think it had a pink flower but could be wrong.
>
> My guess is some type of pinguicula but I can't find a picture of it in any
> of my cp books. The leave are much too narrow, at least for the pings I saw
> in the books.
I've just come across Pinguicula primuliflora for the first time in a
local garden centre. Try looking that one up if you can - it
certainly has narrower leaves than some do. It seems to have the
habit of generating plantlets near the tips of the leaves, where they
touch the ground.
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk)
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