? re: digestive system of S. purpurea hybrids

From: Scott Vergara (svergara@pacific.telebyte.com)
Date: Wed Jul 23 1997 - 18:16:47 PDT 

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:16:47 -0700
From: "Scott Vergara" <svergara@pacific.telebyte.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2761$foo@default>
Subject: ? re: digestive system of S. purpurea hybrids

Greetings All:

Perhaps this question was answered in the archives somewhere but that will
take more time than I have right now.

When a Sarracenia purpurea with a water based bacterial digestive system is
hybridized (used as either a female or male) with any other Sarracenia
species that utilizes the "dry" digestive system, what sort of digestive
mechanism do the hybrid offspring have?

I ask this in part as I look at several such hybrids that have a
more-or-less open pitchers that more often than not collect water (rain or
irrigation). They usually topple if allowed to fill up whereas the S.
purpurea obviously do not fall over.

Curious as to how to properly manage the plants for optimal growth.

Thanks for any ideas, known research or references.

Scott

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