Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 13:01:32 +0100 From: Wim Leys <Wim.Leys@vlm.be> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg144$foo@default> Subject: Anthocyanin free Darlingtonia - nomenclature
Dear Barry,
I have received the three seed mixtures coming from the location of the
anthocyanin free Darlingtonia's (from the UK CPS). In your article in
the ICPN Newsletter you write that you discovered the differences
between the normal and the variant Darlingtonia's by means of the (lack
of) coloration of the flowers.
I am willing to support the scientific experiment you have set up. When
will I be able to differentiate between the normal and the variant
Darlingtonia's ? Will that be in about 5 years when the plants start
flowering, or can it be done earlier, by looking at growing shoots,
pitcher coloration, ... ?
You write that you "do not want to see that invalid name [Darlingtonia
californica F. heterophylla] thrown around by growers!". Can you tell me
why this would be invalid and when one can speak (nomenclatury correct)
of a subspecie, form, ...
Kind regards
Wim
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