Not to mention my temperatures as of late have not been falling below 64 at night, which generally limits anthocyanin expression. Under the same photo levels in the winter, I expect to see more color.
Dave Evans came out with one of his interesting facts,neps apparently do not have anthocyanin ,maybe that's why we don't have antho free neps,looking damn fine MassNot to mention my temperatures as of late have not been falling below 64 at night, which generally limits anthocyanin expression.
Dave Evans came out with one of his interesting facts,neps apparently do not have anthocyanin ,maybe that's why we don't have antho free neps,looking damn fine Mass
..looking damn fine Mass
so i take it there are papers that say anthocyanins are in neps,getting far too clever for meBS that nepenthes don't have anthocyanin. Find me a scientific paper proving nepenthes do not contain anthocyanins and I'll gladly change my tune.
A quick search on wikipedia yields this, "Betalains are red or yellow pigments. Like anthocyanins they are water-soluble, but unlike anthocyanins they are indole-derived compounds synthesized from tyrosine. This class of pigments is found only in the Caryophyllales (including cactus and amaranth), and never co-occur in plants with anthocyanins." Some plants in Caryophyllales do have anthocyanin instead of Betalains, but again show me a paper saying nepenthes don't have anthocyanins.
so i take it there are papers that say anthocyanins are in neps,getting far too clever for me
all this talk of pigmentations has me dozing off.
wake me when the eddie pics continue
Seeing as it isn't part of the "core" Caryophyllales, it appears Nepenthaceae doesn't fall within the betalain producing families of the order Caryophyllales, instead relying on anthocyanin production. It also appears betalain is not a synapomorphy for the order, as the above quote seemed to imply.
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