Date: Wed, 28 Oct 98 17:49 EST From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3439$foo@default> Subject: Re: Frog droppings, and highlanders (was nepenthes again)
Dear Christer,
> Any research been done why highland nepenthes need the nighttime
> temperature drop (except that it's an adaptation to their natural
> habitat)? Does it affect the plants physiology or is it not the temp
> drop itself but the result of it, that is increased humidity nighttime,
> which the plants need to survive the drier days?
I would imagine that the plant's whole physiology is affected
by the temperature. It is not the humidity at night they need,
after all the humidity goes up at night everywhere and these plants
still can't grow where lowland Nepenthes grow. And the lowlanders
will not survive up on mountians either.
Dave E.
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