Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 02:43:39 -0800 (PST) From: uzsb09@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (Jens Rotthauwe) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4224$foo@default> Subject: Re:Red S. Purps in fall
>Over the past several years I've noticed an odd thing with my S.
>Purpureas. Towards mid to late October my plants pitchers all go deep
>red.
I noticed the same thing with my Sarracenia and VFTs.
I read somewhere that the cold inhibits some kind of enzyme, what finally
results
in the production of a red pigment.
Jens
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