Re: D. capensis

From: Chris Marsden (Byway@compuserve.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 1997 - 10:22:02 PDT

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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 13:22:02 -0400
From: Chris Marsden <Byway@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Re: D. capensis

Hi All,

>Heh. I hear that the lab types are somehow grinding up D. capensis (and
>others) and spreading the mash on nutrient agar in flasks: so to grow more
>plants.

I can't imagine this would work with many other plants than D. capensis.
Oh, and before all those TCers on the list grind up their Nepenthes leaves
to try and grow ten thousand N. merilliana... this method would (I imagine)
only work with in vitro plantlets, because any other plant would be
contaminated (can you imagine surface sterilising D. capensis 'mash'?).

> _Why_ would anyone want to do this with capensis? It does so well
>on its own.

Well these lab types aren't doing it for their own collection... so they
are trying to flog millions of them to home depots over the USA. And D.
capensis does look very nice to unwary members of the public...

Kindest Regards,

Toby Marsden

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