Date: Thu, 14 May 98 01:12:08 -0500 From: Trevor Christensen <situla@spacestar.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1645$foo@default> Subject: yet another Home Depot, Etc.
> Couldn't help but reply to this posting. This is completely the
>wrong attitude to take..... etc
Chris:
"Good point" would be an understatement. Nevertheless, I agree.
Anyway, I think what I posted was more of a state of mind than a plan of
action, if that makes any sense. I'm sure my undeniably bitter attitude
towards superstore sale of CP is due to the fact that any CP I see being
sold (In Minnesota) are pitiful, if any are sold at all. I haven't really
had the best opportunity to buy the plants here, and those plants which
are "grown" are horribly mistreated; it reflects in my attitude towards
the topic.
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Paul wrote:
>Also, I could have sworn certain sarrs did use their flaps to shield out
>rain water. I guess I stand corrected. How does rain water get into
>psittacina? Is this via flooding?
Paul:
As far as I know it flodding is the most likely factor. S. psitaccina
grow, as I'm sure you know, in ares with extremely high water tables,
even floating on ponds. It is obvious that plants grown on ponds would
flood; so, yep, flooding occurs ("evidence" of that is talked about in
Pietropaulo's _Carnivorous Plants of the World_ by mentioning their
dependence on certain water-borne organisms and, oddly enough,
microorganisms like amoebae for a source of food).
Looking at some Sarr's, the lids do seem pretty "thorough" (S. Minor, for
example). Condensation on the inside of the pitcher may account for some
of the water. However, to my observations, they don't scorn water enough
to want to prevent it from entering. In my plants the water does collect
in the more "deterrent-lidded" species, though I am not always sure of
how this happens.
Go well:
-Trevor
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