Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:53:41 +1030 (CST) From: elliott@nexus.edu.au (Russell Elliott) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg771$foo@default> Subject: Re: a few questions
>
>Also I have a S. Oreophilla x Leucophylla which has been sending out dummy
pitchers
>(like the winter pitchers half the full size with a very small unformed hood
>, whole blade bending backwards) since about October & I can't work out why.
>... humidity / water seems ok & is getting lots of light in the greenhouse,
>it's still Summer here. Any ideas? I guess at this stage I should just let
> it go dormant & hope that it will come back as it should in Spring.
>
>Thanks.
>Mark - OZ.
>
Mark,
My S.oreophila plants exhibit the same behavior at this time of year
in Australia. It is a natural adaptation to their natural habitat. The
area in which they grow (or by now, *grew*) is much drier than other
Sarracenia habitats. The plants respond to these conditions by only
sending pitchers up for a few months. These then wither, and are replaced
by the "phyllodia", which I think you described. Since your plant
is a hybrid with S.leucophylla, it sounds like these oreophila
charachteristics are the most dominant. S. leucophylla also has the
strange habit of producing a number or large healthy pitchers at
the beginning, and again at the end of the growing season. The
pitchers produced between these times are often deformed.
I hope this info helps,
-Russell
PS The seed bank page has been redone, and is updated regulalry. The
URL is:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4247/seed.htm
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