Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:11:10 -0400 From: "C. J. Mazur" <ccp@vaxxine.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3080$foo@default> Subject: Re: Darlingtonia
Hi doug,
Carl Mazur here. I have a small mail order business, I deal in Sarracenia
seed. If you want to trade for
some of your giant darlingtonia, I'm willing. Please take a look at our web
site for a current list of seed if you are interested. Please let me know.
Best Regards,
Carl Mazur
http://www.vaxxine.com/ccphome
> I have just returned from Oregon and have seen the difference that
> conditions can make to the growth of Darlingtonia. I saw two different
sites
> with Darlingtonia separated by no more than a few kilometres. One was on
> the south exposed margins of a lake exposed to the full sun. The soil was
a
> sandy mix with a peaty organic layer on top. The organic layer held the
> water but was not overly wet. The top layer was fairly compacted and
plants
> in this location grew to about 30 cm.
>
> The second location was exposed to partially filtered sun and growing
in
> pure sopping wet sphagnum. The plants in this location were well over a
> metre.
>
> The only differences I can see between these two locations is the
> growing medium. The water and temperature seemed to be similar and I don't
> think the sunlight would have made much of a difference as some of the
> plants at the sphagnum site were exposed to full sun.
>
> I talked to a state park naturalist and she mentioned that there were
> two types of Darlingtonia in the area - something I've never heard of but
> the differences in size of traps, flowers and seed pods in these two
> locations were striking.
>
> I've got lots of seeds of the "giant" type if anyone is interested.
>
>
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