Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 10:56:33 -0800 From: Rick Walker <walker@cutter.hpl.hp.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4250$foo@default> Subject: Nepenthes tendril/upper pitcher
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Greetings fellow Nepenthes growers,
In response to the tendril/upper pitcher questions, here are my observations. If the tendrils wrap around something (most common in my greenhouse is a basket hanging wire belonging to another plant) they will develop a pitcher , but this is not exclusive. I've had plants literally pull themselve over with the weight of free hanging upper pitchers. Gracilis does this a lot for me. I have a large plant of alata x khasiana that has vined its way up into the rafters and is holding the stem down to a two by four with a staggered row of upper pitchers as it grows along horizontally. Each leaf has an upper pitcher and the tendrils are not wrapped around anything, but they all have a little knot.
The characteristic of producing only ground pitchers as described for N. boissiense "Rubra" I've noticed in N. distillatoria. It vines out with no pitchers, but the ground shoots are prolific. Anybody else observe this?
Until later,
Trent Meeks Pompano Beach, Florida
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