Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:23:45 -0400 From: Tom Massey <massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3346$foo@default> Subject: RE: red splotches.
FWIW Department: The only Nep of mine showing this condition is a N.
mirabilis that was left out all winter. (During cold weather I covered it
with a blanket.) This spring lots of the leaves were speckled, and in many
cases the new growth continued to have the same appearance. As the summer
progressed most of the vines lost the blotches.
Otehrwise, I have heard some comments about a fungus that tends to show up
as red spots on the leaves. It would be good to hear about others'
experiences.
Tom in Fl. (Tampa)
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Question to all, although especially to South Florida CP growers who
experience the same growing conditions I do.
I often find red splotches, almost like a rash, on a good deal of my
Nepenthes plants. I have used fungicide many times on them and find that
it works "moderately" well at best. Is this "rust spot" fungus and if so
is there a way to truly remove it? It is very persistent.
(The plants that show it do not necessarily share any common
denominators...some are true lowland species, some lowland hybrids, some
lowland-highland hybrids....and believe it or not, some plants just never
get it at all.)
Any thoughts?
Marc I. Burack
Coconut Creek, FL.
marcb@companionfinancial.com
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