Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 09:12:50 From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1536$foo@default> Subject: Re: Nepenthes photos
Dear Rob,
> I'm looking for photos of a couple of Sumatran Nepenthes species:
> <italic>N. diates</italic> and <italic>N. densiflora</italic>. I don't
> know if anyone has them on a web site yet, but if there's anyone out
> there who can direct me to a site that has some pictures of these
> species, or better still e-mail me some, I'd be grateful.
There will be an article featuring _N. diatas_ (and others from N
Sumatra) in one of the next issues of CPN.
> We've just got back from Sumatra and are rather confused about some of
> the plants seen there. It seems to me that it's about time that some
> taxonomically minded person had a close look at the
> <italic>Nepenthes</italic> this part of the world, (how about it Jan?).
Presently, there is quite a lot of _Nepenthes_ tourism to this
island (not always good for the plants but still far less harmful
than the fires/logging!), and it seems that not all taxa have been
described yet. There is also an ongoing debate on the status of
several described taxa.
> (...) that fabulous new species N. aristolochioides - what an
> amazing plant!
This will also be featured in CPN soon.
> Who actually discovered it I wonder,
Prof. Dr. Willem Meijer, the famous _Rafflesia_ specialist, in 1956.
> and what were the first words uttered at the first sighting?!
Species nova.
> Unlike some new species being documented these days, there couldn't
> have been much doubt that it was a new one...
Correct. When I first saw the herbarium specimens, I thought it was a
pressing artefact (of another species). I only believed that the
pitchers are indeed "aristolochioid" after Prof. Meijer showed me
photos of living plants taken on the spot in 1956.
> I'm envious.
You are not the only one.
> Will let you know when we get around to posting the photos on our site,
> and looking forward to meeting some of you at the ICPS Conference in
> Bonn!
CU
Jan
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