Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 16:59:08 From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1488$foo@default> Subject: Re: Nepenthes * weigneri
Dear Lance,
> My question is this: What are N. x wegnerii leaves and pitchers supposed
> to look like?
Like [[[Nepenthes thorelii {Lecomte}] * [Nepenthes maxima {Reinw. ex
Nees}]] * [[Nepenthes rafflesiana {Jack}] * [Nepenthes hirsuta
{Hook.f.}]]].
> My untrained eye can't tell the difference between my
> several N. x ventratas and this new plant labelled N. x weignerii.
>From the above mentioned formula, it seems that the hybrid is a
rather wild jumble. These meaningless mixtures are like persons
without faces because all distinguishing features were washed away by
hybridization. So it is not surprising that you think your two
hybrids are the same although they should (i.e. if they are what they
are labelled) not share a single parent species.
> Have I been duped? Did I unknowingly buy another x ventrata?
I do not think so (but can of course not be sure).
> Are there obvious differences between x weignerii and x ventrata--
> or are they pretty similar?
They should be different but in the absence of any description ("nom.
nud."!), it is rather difficult to formulate differences.
> No, unfortunately, the x wegnerii plant has not blossmed yet, so we
> can't use flowers to help differentiate the two.
I do not think that flowers would help much in this case.
> I would very much appreciate a description of x weignerii leaves and
> pitchers
I would also appreciate such a description (published effectively
somewhere).
Kind regards
Jan
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