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    P. x fraser's beauty

    P. "Fraser's Beauty" along with another unregistered cultivar P. "Fraser's Red Leaf" are two clones produced by Fraser Lamont from South Africa (RSA). Being unregistered, their names are often written in different ways, such as P. "Fraser's Beaut" or P. "Fraser Red" or P. moranensis 'Fraser'...
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    What do we know about the new byblis species?

    Please don't link directly to my photographs or use any of my photographs without permission and without acknowledging me as the photographer. You are not just breaking Forum and Copyright rules, you are lacking common courtesy. Vic
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    Rare bird

    It's almost certainly the Spot-breasted Oriole, Icterus pectoralis ? This Mexican and Central American species is introduced and established in Southern Florida. The extensive white on the primaries (flight feathers to non birders) fits Spot-breasted more than any of the native US Oriole...
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    Unknown utricularia

    It looks like U. lateriflora from Australia to me. The flower looks just like the photographs and drawings in Lowrie's Vol. 3. Vic
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    Tuberous drosera

    Try; Phil Wilson's Tuberous Sundew Tips Vic
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    Huge stinky flower

    Titan Arum's really do smell bad, I was lucky (or not, depending on your opinion!) to take my kids to see one in flower at my local botanic garden last month. I thought it was worth the long queue for several hours, my kids just thought I was mad, but enjoyed it once they had experienced the...
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    Hybridizing

    Yes, I've seen bumble bees (Bombus spp.) visiting my Ping flowers. They have fairly long 'tongues', so I imagine they are perfectly capable of pollination Pings. I grow quite a few hybrids with P. laueana as a parent and none of them has red flowers, they are all pink or purple. I do have a...
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    Hybridizing

    I have no idea how long Ping pollen keeps for, but I am always pleased when a winter-flowering species decides to flower at the 'wrong' time of the year. several of my P. laueana clones have occasionally flowered in mid-summer, enabling me to make some nice hybrids, I'm particularly pleased with...
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    Sundew seedling

    wolf9striker, You have a Drosera binata seedling. Vic
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    Drosera prolifera

    'Dinky' has quite a different meaning in England; dinky adj  (colloq.) -  Pretty, neat, of engaging appearance (The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary). I still think it's a dinky flower though, even if I don't mean the same thing! Vic
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    Attn david in brooklyn(this is pondboys mom)urgent

    Noah is in the thoughts of lots CPers at the UK-based Forum CPUK, where he is also an active member. I wouldn't normally post a link to CPUK, where I'm a moderator, on TF, but in this case, I will. The thread contains good wishes and hopes from his friends on the other side of the Pond and from...
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    Chemical composition of dew

    'Wow, Vic really knows his dews eh...' No Vic has worked with analysing slug mucilage before and paid attention at some of the more technical talks at the recent ICPS Congress in Lyon. Add a bit of Google to check a few names etc, and there you have it. I enjoyed learning a bit more about CPs...
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    Chemical composition of dew

    Most mucilages in nature are composed of glyco-proteins (complex molecules, put simply; part sugar-part protein), sundew dew, slugs and your nose all contain glyco-protein mucilages! In plants the most abundant and common group and the one responsible for the sticky mucilage in sundews, are the...
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    Pics from borneo exotics

    Hi Marcello, Great report and fantastic pictures of of the plants growing at Borneo Exotics too. It was nice meeting up with Rob and yourself in Lyon, say hello to all your crazy, AIPCS (Italian CP Society) friends from me!   Note: The AICPS is the only national CP organisation which sings in...
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    Multiple sclerosis and my wife diane

    Joseph, My wife's mother is an wheel-chair bound MS sufferer, so I know how horrible the condition can be. Take good care of her, your love and support are priceless. Best wishes Vic
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