Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:31:17 -0400 From: Richard Brown <esoft@ix.netcom.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3488$foo@default> Subject: Re: N. x Williamsii
Hello CP Growers,
My name is Trent Meeks, and while new at posting, I have been reading
the digest for a number of months. I live in South Florida and have
been growing Nepenthes for about four years now. Most of my plants are
lowland hybrids and species. I finally decided to jump in after several
recent postings concerning Nepenthes came up. Over the last several
years I have become friends with Bruce Bednar and Clyde Bramblett, and
have managed to pick their brains concerning Nepenthes hybrids. These
guys are truly a wealth of knowledge and have helped me navigate many
dangerous waters where Nepenthes cultivation is concerned.
Perry and Dave E. have addressed the issue of N. Williamsii, answering
Tim's concern about seed or plant availability. From what I
understand, all these crosses from the latter part of the nineteenth
century or early part of this century are a horticultural mess. N.x
Williamsii is probably a cultivar name, not a hybrid name. If this is
the case it can only be propagated through cuttings. If it is a hybrid
name (nobody was keeping track of this stuff back then), then it would
have to be assigned to the grex. To produce seedlings would require
crossing a male and female (siblings) from this grex. It may be a moot
point, since N. x coccinea has the same parents, as do other victorian
Nep hybrids. Same parentage, just different clones used.
I approach this from an orchid growers perspective-- purely
horticultural. At least rules have been established to keep track of
hybrid parentage and cultivars, and it's worked for well over one
hundred years now. There has never been an official registry of
Nepenthes hybrids, hence the enormous confusion.
Has anyone tried to take an accounting of how many diffent clones of N.
x coccinea exist? How many N. Rokko?
Regards,
Trent Meeks
Pompano Beach, Florida
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