Re: D. and U. identification.

From: Russell Elliott (relliott@geocities.com)
Date: Mon Mar 24 1997 - 19:10:41 PST


Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:10:41 -0800
From: Russell Elliott <relliott@geocities.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1067$foo@default>
Subject: Re: D. and U. identification. 

Christopher Walkden wrote:

> Also, I have a plant that I have always called a S.flava. This plant has lots
> of yellow flowers, and big yellow pitchers with red veins down the insides.
> Some plants also have a nice red splotch in the main fly catching area, just
> under the hood. The only problem is that these plants all produce winter
> leaves. Do S.flava do this? I was under the impression that only S.oreophila
> did so.
>
> Thanks,
> Christopher Walkden
> Tasmania Australia.

Chris,

 I believe some clones of S.flava produce phyllodia, while others do not. They
are normally smaller than the ones produced by S.oreophila, and are ususally less
profuse.

bye for now,

Russell

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