Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 21:27:25 -0400 From: Ron Lane <rl7329@sprynet.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2578$foo@default> Subject: Re: Bifid traps... + VFT question
At 06:44 AM 7/8/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Russell & list,
>
>> 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??).
>
>
>Unfortunately they still continue to produce normal traps (although the
>color has improved tremendously!) Thus I am inclined to believe that the
>mutations were at least in part due to the high heat. Comments anyone?
>
I currently have a 'Royal Red' trap doing the bifid thing now but it is not
in any unusually hot temps or really challenged in any way.
Unrelated side note: I left the black mesh screen up on my bog the other
weekend thinking the birds may leave it alone. Nope. Lost several of my
seedling VFTs (all red x normal or all red x dentate crosses), several VFt
flower stems, and a few S. psit 'Giant' pitchers. I could find nothing
actually taken - just cut off and flung about.
Unrelated question: I received a VFT last year labelled 'Dentate CSUF'. Now
that it has put out several adult traps, it looks just like other VFTs I've
seen labelled as 'Shark's tooth'. Does anyone have both so they can explain
the difference between the two?
Ron Lane
RL7329@sprynet.com
Central NJ, USA
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