RE: Sarracenia growth in the UK

From: Mellard, David (dam7@cdc.gov)
Date: Tue Sep 15 1998 - 13:02:36 PDT


Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:02:36 -0400
From: "Mellard, David" <dam7@cdc.gov>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3019$foo@default>
Subject: RE: Sarracenia growth in the UK


> Had my normal,evening look around the greenhouse, when I got in
from work and
> one thing struck me as odd. Does anyone else in the UK/ Europe
still have Sarracenias putting out new
> growth? I know that certain species have a second flush of
growth, but this is half
> way thru September!

> Is this normal?

        It's certainly normal here in the states where S. lecuocphylla,
rubra, and alata are all putting on a last ditch effort of pitchers to catch
bugs for the winter. Even S. flava is putting up some rather meager
pitchers. The leuco win the prize. They must be stuffed.

        David
        Atlanta



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