Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 01:27:53 -0400 From: "Paul V. McCullough" <pvmcull@voicenet.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3491$foo@default> Subject: Ping replies to Dave Evans' comments
Dave Evans wrote-
> I finally saw what you're talking about here. While I can only see
> some of a couple leaves, the Ping in this photo looks rather like
> P.morenansis * P.ehlarisae. Can't really tell though. Have you tried
> propagating it? If it's what I think it is or something similar, the
> leaves should be very easy to break off of the rosette, much easier
> than taking the leaves from your other Ping anyway.
>
Haven't tried to propagate it... I'll consider this.
I'll try to get a better photo of the Original Mutt Ping as soon as I
can.(My other pings became more fascinating to me of late!) One thing
about this ping is it's singular inability to successfully raise a
flower. Since I purchased it back in April, this plant has tried at
least 10 times to send up a flower, but with NO success. Every time the
flower starts up it gets about a half inch up then promptly dies before
opening. Would this be typical of a cross that produced a "mule"?
> The only (someone correct if I'm wrong, please) Pings that readily
> grow embryos from the *tips* (not the base of petioles like how Mexican
> and hardy Pings do) are from N. America and the two that do it most
> readily are P. planifolia, which tend to have reddish leaves and not
> the flower shown, and the one that makes the most babies is P.
> primuliflora. Your plant's leaves aren't very good for a positive ID,
> but I could not rule out P.primuliflora by looking at them.
>
I can say that the leaves aren't reddish at all. I think the evidence
is pretty strong for P. primuliflora. (tongue twister...) I need to get
a picture of my other ping that has leaves shaped like the primuliflora,
but turned inside-out (like a tongue!). These traps are also covered in
peach fuzz which on close inspection look like sundew tentacles w/o the
endpoint. This peach fuzz can actually draw out it's mucilage like a
sundew- I've never seen this on my other pings. No, this plant is
absolutely NOT a sundew. It's currently in flower (sending up it's
second scape) and the flower is a very light purple.
Cheers,
Paul
--- Paul V. McCullough "3D Animation World" http://www.voicenet.com/~pvmcull "CP Page" http://www.voicenet.com/~pvmcull/pics/cp/carniv.htm
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