Re. Darlingtonia Pitcher Development/Growth Habit

From: Loyd Wix (Loyd.Wix@unilever.com)
Date: Tue May 27 1997 - 05:57:29 PDT 

Date: 27 May 1997 13:57:29 +0100
From: "Loyd Wix" <Loyd.Wix@unilever.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2080$foo@default>
Subject: Re. Darlingtonia Pitcher Development/Growth Habit

          Dear all,
          
          A couple of years ago I noticed some thing strange had
          happened to my Darlingtonia plant which I was reminded of by
          Dougs recent posting.
          
>As opposed to the Sarracenia species, whose mature leaves
>face towards the center of the rosette, Darlingtonia leaves
>always twist 180 degrees so that when mature, the pitcher
>openings face away from the rosette.
          
          One year some of the first pitchers produced by my plant
          didn't twist 180 degrees - they were untwisted and looked
          very out of place so the whole plant looked 'odd' for the
          next year. I think the problem was caused by me moving the
          plant when the pitchers were developing - not only to
          another green house, but in a different orientation to the
          sun. Has anyone else experienced such problems when moving
          these things around early in the season?
          
          Regards
          
          Loyd

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