Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 15:00:59 EDT From: Necropsy69@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2237$foo@default> Subject: Re: Nepenthes
>Do small nepenthes traps not open? (Sorry, but no species name was given,
and >I couldn't identify them) These looked more like deformed venus fly
traps than >anything else. The traps looked nothing like any of the nepethes
pictures I have >seen. Do these sound like nepenthes?
Hey Michael,
Well, the discription you gave matches that of a Nepenthes seedling. Young
nepenthes look very similar to venus fly-traps, since their stems, leaves, and
pitchers have not matured yet. They are usually a very bright green, much like
venus fly-traps, and they have leaves that appear to be modified into traps,
once again, being very similar to the venus fly-trap. The one characteristic
which is confusing about Nepenthes seedlings is that they have pitchers which
form at the very tip of the leaf blades, which make them appear like traps on
a venus fly-trap. So, it really all depends on the size of the plant. How big
is it anyway?
I hope that helps
Behrad
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