Re: Sarracenia Psittacina

From: Rand Nicholson (writserv@nbnet.nb.ca)
Date: Wed Oct 22 1997 - 17:11:37 PDT

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Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:11:37 -0300
From: Rand Nicholson <writserv@nbnet.nb.ca>
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Subject: Re: Sarracenia Psittacina

>> How does it actually kill it's prey and how many does it require?
>
>I'm not sure that S.psittacina *is* a CP. Mine, which are outside
>growing at ground level in almost wild conditions, never catch a thing.
>And even if they did, it's not like there are digestive fluids in the
>leaves. A rather weak CP to me...

... which seems to love to eat the ants which crawl into its pitchers in my
back yard cooler bog. I have pulled off and opened up couple of browning
pitchers this season, stinking with, and of, insect guck. Could be they
crawled in and died of old age ...

Kind Regards,

Rand

Rand Nicholson
New Brunswick
Maritime Canada, Z 5b
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