Re: Nep soil

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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 14:14:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Nep soil

>From Carl Gustafson:
>
> Paul Burkhardt wondered about the posted Nepenthes mixes:
>
> >Obviously, many of these 'airy'
> >mixes have been successful, but how and why were they ever implemented in
> >the first place, instead of a mix that was more emulative of the natural
> >soils?
>
>
> Do the roots grow *in* the soils in situ, or do they grow *on* the soils,
> under the detritus layer, or a little of both?

I assume that the roots actually grow in the soils, since no one has ever
mentioned them growing otherwise. This, of course, excludes lithophytic
and epiphytic nepenthes.

Paul Burkhardt

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