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Cephalotus follicularis (Labillardiere) Nov. Holl. Pl ii 6; t 145 1806
" Outer wall of pitcher with central longitudinal rib, Y-shaped in cross section., with stiff hairs along the free margins, and on either side a winged appendage with marginal hairs that also act as insect ladder or ramps"
From Allen Lowrie, Carnivorous plants of Australia vol 3, page 128.
"Nobody has ever mentioned the extra set of ribs at the lower portion of the pitcher"
There should be a wing on the left, right and the middle. My ceph has that, I still dont know what is wrong with these cpephs, they are completely normal.
Dino
The description of cephalotus follicularis ribs or wings are very specific. Any deviation from that description should be considered as a variation. The majority of the cephs lack that lower set of ribs.
The question then is: is it a mutation or a subspecific variation widespread in nature?. If so, then, i'd be willing to reclassify the second population of cephs with the extra ribs.
This is where i wanted to get at. I'll post another photo soon.
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