Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 00:41:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Mybog@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4106$foo@default> Subject: D.cap. vs D. rot.
I've read with some amusement the recent volleys regarding D. cap. vs D. rot.
at a "bog of opportunity" in N. CA. There are a few points that have been
overlooked in this discussion.
1. D.r. does not normally grow as an aquatic plant. I have traveled
thousands of miles throughout the western US and have never seen it growing
this way, but rather it is always attached to substrate such as logs,
sphagnum, sedges, or occasional lake shorelines. Did you notice during your
visit just where the D.r. seemed to be most comfortable and predominant, and
only rarely near the the D. c., eh?
2. The habitat at this intro site is unique in my travels because of the
podzolized soils at this site, a rare thing in the western US.
3. Also the hand of man has interferred with any kind of "normal" cp
distribution here, and that may have more to do with the D.r-D.c. ratios than
anything else.
4. If D.c. does in fact possess a growth inhibitor this shouldn't be too
difficult to test in a potted situation. Of course, then one could test it
against a variety of sundews or even other cps!
Hawk
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