Re: sand and Byblis

From: ricell@juno.com
Date: Sat Jan 24 1998 - 16:18:40 PST


Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 17:18:40 -0700
From: ricell@juno.com
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg329$foo@default>
Subject: Re: sand and Byblis

Derek Glidden writes:

>1) In the Tampa, FL area, does anyone have any suggestions
>on where to get silica sand? I've tried hardware stores,
>garden stores, plant nurseries and even a hydroponics shop
>that a nursery guy recommended and nobody has it and
>nobody knows where to get it.

Around here you can get it at Home Depot which I believe is
a national chain.

>2) There has been a lot of talk about Byblis linearis on the
>list the past couple of days. I recently received some
>B.gigantea seed from the ICPSseedbank - do the same
>techniques hold for this species or is it an entirely different
>beastie?

I think this is an entirely different beastie. Check out Brian
Cochran's article in CPN volume 24, #1, p. 6 "My
Experiences in Growing Byblis gigantea from Seed"

Richard Ellis "ricell@juno.com"
Boulder, CO



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