Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:01:20 -0500 From: Steven Stewart <steven.stewart@worldnet.att.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3874$foo@default> Subject: Re: Varigated Nepenthes & N.ventricosa
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:19:40 -0500
> From: Tom Massey <massey@fmhi.usf.edu>
> To: "'cp@opus.hpl.hp.com'" <cp@opus.hpl.hp.com>
> Subject: RE: Variegation
> Message-ID: <01BF2F52.EE0FCD60.massey@fmhi.usf.edu>
> I have seen a few variegated plants come out of tissue culture, most
of these were Pings. I have never seen a variegated Nep.
>
> Tom in Fl.
> >
> > I have seen two Nepenthes with varigation. Cliff Dodd has a beautifully
> > varigated Nepenthes alata, he was kind enough to share with me. For
> > years it grew for him with little stem production, since he grew it into
> > adult size, the cuttings have grown robustly, and I have been 100%
> > successful with (all of ten) one leaf stem sections in rockwool. The
> > other is a Nepenthes rafflesiana which I believe I saw at Mike Rink's Agri-Starts. Also to Rich in Boulder Colorado, my collection of Nepenthes ventricosa is quite variable but the all are much more easy to pitcher when cut back, for basals. Upper pitchers of this species when formed, do not last as long, and are not _usually_ as brightly colored.
> > Take care
> > (pro-puppet,in moderation,- lerker):-)
> > Steven Stewart
> > Sanford, Florida
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