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Post by costaricacultivator on Apr 5, 2007 14:29:42 GMT
of course! my statement was in no way a critic to you. as i wrote in your thread in introductions, the page you keep is a great one and it has been very useful to me. sorry if i offended you. still friends? carlos
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Post by ICPS-bob on Apr 6, 2007 0:09:24 GMT
Absolutely! I was not offended at all.
One purpose of my Photo Finder is to demonstrate that: 1) there is great variation in what a particular species or clone looks like, and/or 2) there are many misidentified plants in circulation.
I do strongly encourage discussion amongst growers to attempt to correct misidentified plants.
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Post by twoton on Apr 6, 2007 11:50:29 GMT
I'd say x ventrinermis.
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Post by BarryRice on Apr 6, 2007 18:15:38 GMT
I've been growing 'Scarlet Splash' since before it was registered as a cultivar. At that time I thought it was one of the only variegated Nepenthes; then I ventured onto Leilani's web site! ( www.alohanepenthes.com). Anyway, I don't know if I mentioned this earlier, but amazingly enough, our 'Scarlet Splash' has lost its variegation. I really don't know what happened! It has been about a year since I've seen any signs of variegation on this plant. It now looks just like a N. x coccinea ally. Very odd. My theories at this point are all far-fetched. 1)The variegation is for some reason temporarily suppressed? 2)The plant is a chimaera, and not a genetically variegated plant, and the cells of the chimaeric entity have died, leaving the regular plant. (This nutty theory is currently my favorite.) 3)The plant was somehow taken from the collection by someone who replaced it with a similar, nonvariegated plant, and who also transferred the 'Scarlet Splash' label into it's pot, uh, to confuse us? I'm completely baffled. Barry
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Post by costaricacultivator on Apr 7, 2007 14:56:08 GMT
"when you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." (sherlock holmes, the adventure of the blanched soldier)
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