Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:24:00 From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg867$foo@default> Subject: Re:N.curtisii revisited
Dear Paul,
> I've heard of a Nepenthes, resembling N.maxima, growing
> around the
> Mt. Penrissen area on the Sarawak / West Kalimantan border. There is
> also a mention of it in PITCHER PLANTS OF BORNEO (Phillips &Lamb).
These plants (at least what I have seen of them) can be assigned to
_N. veitchii_ without great problems.
> I just wonder if this could,in any way, explain the original type
> collection
> location of N.Curtisii..?????
Rather certainly not. The Mt. Penrissen plants are nothing like the
unabmiguous _N. maxima_ evidenced by the drawing accompanying the
original description of _N. curtisii_.
Kind regards
Jan
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