Re: VFT native to Vietnam?

From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Date: Mon Mar 15 1999 - 09:35:33 PST 

Date:          Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:35:33 
From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg791$foo@default>
Subject:       Re: VFT native to Vietnam?

Dear Ted,

> Is this a known plant?

Probably yes, if it is a common plant.

> What is it called?

This is difficult to tell from your description. How did your
colleague call it (if necessary in Vietnamese)? Does your colleague
have a specimen? How exactly does the plant look like (leaf surface,
margin, stem, inflorescence, flower structure)? Is he sure the plant
captured insects with fast closing spring-trap like leaves (and not
on a sticky surface)? Was the plant aquatic (capturing aquatic prey)
or terrestrial (capturing terrestrial or flying prey)?

It is most probably *not* a VFT (if it was native in Vietnam).

Kind regards
Jan

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