Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:44:20 -0500 From: "Marc I. Burack" <marcb@companionfinancial.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3985$foo@default> Subject: beyond bizzare.
To all,
This question goes out to the avid Nep grower.
I recently received a cutting from a friend. The cutting was some unknown
Nep hybrid, but he said that it produced a very interesting trap.
Thinking nothing much about it I potted it up and put it next to my other
Nepenthes plants.
First of all- (a) - when I received the plant it was producing "uppers"
(because it had 2 uppers on it when I got it)........now it is producing
lowers--above the uppers!.....?? Any comments?
(b) - This is the truly weird part.....On the tendril of the new pitcher
and ONLY the tendril....there is sort of a "hole" (for lack of a better
term) every 1/2 inch or so and on both sides. Out of each hole is what
appears to be a perfect "droplet" of "fluid". (All clearly visable). I do
not know if this is some kind of nectar baiting system, but if it is, I
have never seen such a thing on any of the many other Neps I grow.?????
Any comments or answers would be greatly appreciated.
Marc I. Burack
marcb@companionfinancial.com
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