Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 07:51:16 -0500 From: Rand Nicholson <writserv@nbnet.nb.ca> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg537$foo@default> Subject: Re: VFTs
Hi All:
>
>>Does anyone have suggestions as to why a Venus Fly-Trap plant would
>>start to
>>have very wide leaves with very small traps? Some of the traps are only an
>>eigth of an inch long and appear to be malformed.
>
>I had the same results with some plants i tried to cultivate without
>any domancy, which means relatively high temperatures and low light
>(maybe 8 hours a day).
>I've only used rainwater and i haven't changed the soil, so i don't
>think fertilizer was the problem in my case.
>The mentioned plants startet to grow normal in the next spring.
>
>Marco.
Are we taking into account the propensity for VFTs, as with other CPs to
form two sets of seasonal leaves? Spring leaves in Dionea tend to be short
and flaring at the ends with smaller traps, sometimes none at all. Later in
the season, the leaves tend to be longer, more erect and slender. These
usually carry the mature and largest traps.
Kind Regards,
Rand
Rand Nicholson
New Brunswick
Maritime Canada, Z 5b
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