Re: Bifid traps...

From: Russell Elliott (relliott@geocities.com)
Date: Tue Jul 08 1997 - 18:14:43 PDT


Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 18:14:43 -0700
From: Russell Elliott <relliott@geocities.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2567$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Bifid traps...

Jeffrey Shen wrote:
>
> Hello out there in the CP ML!
>
> One of my VFTs ended up having a bifid trap; namely two traps sitting
> on one pettiole. Is this a common mutation or a rare one? What is also
> interesting to note is that they both function separately; one trap
> has caught something while the other has not been sprung. Just wondering-
> has anyone else seen weird anomalies with their VFTs? It's kinda bizzare
> looking...
>
> -Jeff

 
 Jeff,

 I had this happen last spring and summer. Looks pretty weird, there was
one
"hinge" down the centre of the leaf, with three lobes. Other times I
managed
to get two perfectly formed traps on the end of a leaf! I sent a couple
to people to see if they would continue to do so, but so far they
haven't (or have they Tom??).

Bye for Now,

        -Russell

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