Date: 30 Dec 98 15:46:06 +0000 From: "Nigel Hurneyman" <NHURNEYM@UK.oracle.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4150$foo@default> Subject: Piranahs and Pygmies
I thought 'nh' was the anglicisation of the Hispanic n tilde,
hence the name of the fish is 'piranha'. If the prospective
author of the red VFT cultivar name intends to commemorate its
piscidenticular qualities, perhaps a spell-check might prevent
subsequent embarrassment.
I noticed at the weekend that with a few of my pygmy sundews,
the leaves curl right back over the top of the plants, sometimes
intertwining with each other and completely hiding the centre of
the plant. I can't see any obvious reasons - there is no insect
damage, the plants look healthy and (unusually for me) are not
overcrowded. This doesn't seem to be a positive evolutionary
trend as the traps are upside down and relatively inaccessible to
insects, and harvesting gemmae is almost impossible. The plants
all came from Lowrie material, D pulchella red/purple 69A. Does
anyone else grow this, and have they noticed anything similar?
It seems to affect about 10-15% of the plants.
Happy New Year, NigelH
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jan 02 2001 - 17:31:42 PST