Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 20:56:45 +0000 From: dark@popmail.mcs.net To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1696$foo@default> Subject: Re: More CP at Home Depot
> Wow, Home Depot is really making my hobby a lot easier to do! I just
> picked up a drosera rotundifolia (I think... the individual plants are
> tiny but tightly clustered) and yet another Ping. This ping is not the
> same family as my world famous "Mutt" ping... and it's also not labeled
> other then saying its a butterwort (At least its not labelled VFT!)
> Okay, this one's leaves are real small... about an inch long. They look
> almost exactly like wooden tongue depressors (well, green slimy ones).
> This new one, I'll call "Poly" (short for polyglut) Ping. There's a
> tight cluster of these butterworts, and growing at the side of the cup
> is what looks like another of the Mutt Pings.
> For those concerned as to the source of these Home Depot CP, these new
> plants had a label on the shipping box- the company is called TPC, Inc
> (PO Box 456, NY, NY 10956) and only grows and ships tissue cultured CP!
> Displayed VERY boldly were the words, "No plants taken from the
> wild!"... I thought this was a VERY good omen as to whether these plants
> were legit. There was also one s. purpurea that had one truely healthy
> looking pitcher on it- I didn't buy that one. Again, all of their CP
> offerings are just $2.93. Truely nice to see our favorite plants
> getting recognition. Now if they would just start labeling them with
> their latin names...
> One note, I do plan to buy CP from some of those vendors listed on the
> net, too. (Don't worry!) I don't work for Home Depot, but evidently a
> CP lover is somewhere near the top. I want that kind of person there
> always! Maybe some of the CP nurseries should see if they can establish
> some links to other (responsible) chain stores. It could only be very
> lucrative. The CP at Home Depot are almost always sold out. The
> instructions in today's plants were clear and concise to the plants'
> needs, too, btw.
> My d.adelae continues to bloom- these star-shaped flowers are really
> intriguing in their simplicity. The new d. rotundifolia also have tiny
> scapes rising.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
Too bad that our Home Depots (Chicago Area) haven't seen the light.
The only Home Depot CPs around here are Venus Fly-Traps.
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