Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 14:46:10 From: swyld@gil.com.au To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg533$foo@default> Subject: Drosera Binata
In article cp@opus.hpl.hp.com writes:
>Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 13:06:05 -0800
>Reply-To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>From: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: CP digest 986
> CP Digest 986
>Topics covered in this issue include:
> 1) HELP ON A PREVIOUS MESSAGE
> by alanreeves@juno.com (Alan D Reeves)
> 2) Homepage update
> by "Matthias Schmidt" <matthias.schmidt@schwaben.de>
> 3) Re: Carnivorous fungi
> by "Demetrio Lamzaki" <Dee_Lamzaki@msn.com>
> 4) Dingleys
> by Phil <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
> 5) Re: Konnichiwa!
> by Phil <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
> 6) Re: Carnivorous Fungi
> by th_dewitt@ccmail.pnl.gov (Theodore H Dewitt)
> 7) Doing it right
> by Muhammad Fareez Bin Yahya <gambit@cyberway.com.sg>
> 8) CP in New Orleans? - B gigantea germination.
> by Alessandro Delfrate <alex.gizmo@iol.it>
> 9) hi
> by tigercat1@juno.com (Joseph p Savasta)
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Topic No. 1
>Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 16:16:43 EST
>From: alanreeves@juno.com (Alan D Reeves)
>To: Cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: HELP ON A PREVIOUS MESSAGE
>Message-ID: <19970208.151201.12111.0.AlanReeves@juno.com>
>Does anyone remember a message in which a suggestion was given to place
>finely sifted peat between tissue paper and plant drosera seeds on it? I
>recall that the person had decreased the germination time from about a
>month to about a week or ten days. If anyone can remember the message,
>please let me know. I can't find it anywhere. Thanks
>Alan in Mobile, AL USA
>AlanReeves@juno.com
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 2
>Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 21:57:53 +0100
>From: "Matthias Schmidt" <matthias.schmidt@schwaben.de>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Homepage update
>Message-ID: <m0vtJrV-000KC0C@hq.seicom.de>
>Hello,
>we have updated our CP Homepage with the following species:
>Nepenthes bongso
>Nepenthes lavicola
>Pinguicula barbata
>Pinguicula longifolia
>Pinguicula moranensis
>Pinguicula nevadensis
>Pinguicala vallisneriifolia
>Pinguicula species
>Come and have a look at
>http://www.schwaben.de/home/schmidt/index.html
>Hope you like it!
>Bye,
>Matthias, Oliver, Joachim and Heiko
>Matthias Schmidt
>Rossweg 15
>71106 Magstadt
>Germany
>e-mail: matthias.schmidt@schwaben.de
>WWW Homepage: http://www.schwaben.de/home/schmidt/index.html
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 3
>Date: Sat, 8 Feb 97 22:28:09 UT
>From: "Demetrio Lamzaki" <Dee_Lamzaki@msn.com>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Re: Carnivorous fungi
>Message-ID: <UPMAIL02.199702082229360506@msn.com>
>>I just learned of the existence of carnivorous fungi from a
>>colleague at work. This really blew me away. I don't recall
>>reading about this in any books on CPs (granted, most of
>>us are primarily interested in flowering CPs; or maybe I just
>>skipped over that part), and thought it might be new to others
>>on this list too. My apologies if this is an old and beat-to-death
>>topic.
>No need to apologize Ted, every topic brings new information to at least
>one person on the list, we haven't yet banned discussions on venus flytraps
>so I doubt you have much to worry about regarding mentioning carnivorous
>fungi! :-)
>There have been documentaries that touch on CF, with some great
>microphotography showing them catching their prey, and I myself have
>witnessed them feeding on nematodes under a microscope, fascinating
>stuff. This was a few years back. I poured the diluted agar culture
>onto the soil of various plants I had at the time as well as on the
>moistened peat I used in potting, so there's an excellent chance I still
>have it "under cultivation" in my collection although I've never bothered
>to put it on any growlist!
>For anyone interested in growing your own culture of CF, Arthrobotrys
>conoides is available from Carolina Biological Supply. There is an
>actual color photograph of a nematode caught by the fungus in the
>catalog, as well as a cartoon of Arthrobotrys dressed as a cowboy
>roping in the bucking bronco nematodes, only in America! :-)
>Regards,
>Demetrios
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 4
>Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 22:39:10 GMT
>From: Phil <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Dingleys
>Message-ID: <1765@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
>Peter,
>Just got the latest catalogue from Dingleys (now re-named Triffid Park). i
>really wanted it to see what they have on offer in flasks but there are a few
>interesting plants on offer as well. Do fancy putting an order together with a
>few others to spread the cost of the phytosan (A$100.00). Postage is set at 25%
>which is easy to work out for the individual. I thought we could get a few
>others involved. I'll email Mike S to see if he is interested. Maybe you can get
>in contact with anoyone else who is likely to want to order.
>I assume you have their list but if not I can photocopy it and send it to you -
>I can't be bothered to type the thing up, there's pages! I'm really interested
>in the two newly named all red VFTs they have as well as a few other bits and
>pieces. I'm going to get some falsked plants as well (I'll get them separately).
>I can't resist a VFT called Fang!!
>Cheers.
>--
>Phil Wilson
>(cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk)
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 5
>Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 23:03:23 GMT
>From: Phil <cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Re: Konnichiwa!
>Message-ID: <1769@pwilson.demon.co.uk>
>Thankyou!
>The seed and plant arrived yesterday. The little Utric is in perfect condition.
>But please I cannot be sure of the full desciption of the plant and the seeds.
>Can you send them? I believe the plant to be U. humboltii.
>Thank you. I still have your Sarracenia seeds to send to you.
>--
>Phil Wilson
>(cp@pwilson.demon.co.uk)
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 6
>Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 22:15:32 -0800
>From: th_dewitt@ccmail.pnl.gov (Theodore H Dewitt)
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Re: Carnivorous Fungi
>Message-ID: <00001735.@ccmail.pnl.gov>
> Dave and Perry,
>
> It'll be a (long) while before I'm likely to start culturing CF's
> also, but maybe others will be more adventurous. CP's (Sarracenia &
> Nepenthes, mostly) are my hobby, and I enjoy them because of their
> beautiful & unusual forms. But as kid, I was initially attracted to
> CP's because of their bizzare diets & wonderful means of trapping prey
> (that still appeals to me & certainly makes for great conversation
> topics). For that reason, the concept of carnivorous fungi seems
> equally bizzare & wonderful, and are at least worth some gee-whiz nat.
> history. But I don't see growing (deliberately, anyway) CF's in my
> future (though Oyster mushrooms are welcome for dinner).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ted
>
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 7
>Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 20:08:36 +0800
>From: Muhammad Fareez Bin Yahya <gambit@cyberway.com.sg>
>To: "'cp@opus.hpl.hp.com'" <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
>Subject: Doing it right
>Message-ID: <01BC16C5.1332DC80@d57047.ppp57.cyberway.com.sg>
>I just bought a Venus fly trap at a recent plant exhibition. I have had =
>it for about a week already. Right now I notice that some of the leaves =
>have got dark brown patches on them. Some traps also have these brown =
>patches. I think the leaves are dry. I water the plants every day and =
>leave at least a half centimeter of water in a tray I leave the pot in. =
>What could I have done wrong?
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 8
>Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 18:32:12 +0100
>From: Alessandro Delfrate <alex.gizmo@iol.it>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: CP in New Orleans? - B gigantea germination.
>Message-ID: <199702091732.SAA28731@iol-mail.iol.it>
>Hi List
>I will be in New Orleans from the 8th to 15th of next March. Any suggestion
>about CP?
>Starting form 30 seeds of B gigantea, I have smoked 15 seeds, and the rest I
>have treated with giberellic acid (800 - 1000 ppm).
>After 1 month, giberellic / smoked seeds germination was 9 to 0.
>I will wait for two month again, and then I will treat the smoked seeds with
>Gib. acid to see what happen.
>Good growing from Alessandro
>------------------------------
>Topic No. 9
>Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 14:33:19 EST
>From: tigercat1@juno.com (Joseph p Savasta)
>To: mm@triad.com, jan4rott@rott-n-chatter.com, ross@sam.ca.geac.com,
>Subject: hi
>Message-ID: <19970209.143501.7830.0.tigercat1@juno.com>
> H H IIIIIIIIIIII !!!! there!!
> H H I !!!!
> HHHH I !!!!
> H H I !!!!
> H H IIIIIIIIIIII
> !!!!
>------------------------------
>End of CP Digest 986
>********************
Problem! I have a Drosera Binata that after transplanting went all misshapen.
All other Droseras look good.
Anyone with ideas?
Steve, Brisbane. OZ.
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