Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 14:20:39 -0800 From: Wim Leys <leyswi@lin.vlaanderen.be> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1009$foo@default> Subject: Re: Sarracenia questions
> I find that plants in the wild tend to grow much taller than in
> cultivation. Because the plant do grow in deep grass the plants
> tend to reach (etiolate abit) until the clear get into brighter light.
I think it's because they have more room for their roots, that plants in
(artificial) bogs grow taller than cultivated ones. You should
try to grow a few plants in a much bigger pot and see how fast and how
big they grow compared with the other plants.
Someone suggested that plants grow les tall in a terrarium. This may be
so if you give them a shallow layer of soil.
Compare it with growing bonsai. The plants are kept in a shallow pot,
the roots, twigs and leaves are trimmed frequently, they are only
lightly fertilised, ... just to keep them small. I tried growing bonsai
trees for a year or two, but I stoped doing it. For me a beautiful plant
is one that grows as large and big as possible. Perhaps someone (with a
distorted mind) may try growing CP's in this manner to keep them in a
small terrarium. But I think it's still better to buy a bigger terrarium
or grow smaller CP's. Anyhow anyone on this list shouild know that
trimming a CP's roots and traps to keep it small, is an action against
Nature that is punished much more severely than copying books or
videotapes :-)
Wim
-- Wim Leys, Belgium mailto:leyswi@lin.vlaanderen.be
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