Re: Pygmies

From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Date: Tue Jul 15 1997 - 16:45:14 PDT


Date:          Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:45:14 
From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2667$foo@default>
Subject:       Re: Pygmies

Dear Leigh,

> The (tiny) plant is a rosette with deep vermillion leaves, and it has
> forced up the tiniest of flowers! (1mm) - does this description sound
> like Beermullah sp. or Pygmaea.

How many sepals, petals, stamens, and styles does your plant have? If
the answer is 4, 4, 4, & 4, you have probably _D. pygmaea_. There is
usually only one flower per scape in this species.

Kind regards
Jan



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