jeff
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Post by jeff on May 7, 2009 9:15:37 GMT -5
be lenient they are small ( 3 years)and resulting from seeds sp irian jaya  beccarii  |
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Post by stevestewart on May 9, 2009 8:43:05 GMT -5
Hello Jeff,
Nice plants!
Do you ever notice ants in your plants? I am wondering how specific the co evolution is to these plants and certain species of ants?
Take care,
Steven Stewart
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Post by jeff on May 10, 2009 5:05:23 GMT -5
no ant in these plant here in europe , she come from seeds .
to compensate the nitrogens products of the ant we use a standard fertilizer type NPK: 25-5-5 with thus a strong percentage of nitrogen
here we have a mutualist report/ratio not as on the carnivores or the report/ratio is rather antagonistic
for this coevolution we have here
plant towards the ant: food and protection (often of the nest)
ant towards the plant: defense and product nitrogenized for fertilizer.
in these plant we have a lot of ant but that which one generally finds : iridomyrmex cordatus and scrutator .
jeff
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Post by stevestewart on May 10, 2009 6:26:09 GMT -5
Jeff,
Thank you!
I notice that Nepenthes bicalcarata does not share easily with our local ant genera!
No mutualistic relationships that I have seen, just hungry plants and sacrificial ants. ;D
Take care,
Steven Stewart
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Post by jeff on May 11, 2009 2:12:29 GMT -5
you know on nephentes bicalcarata the ants make there nest in the gimlet , they are very very little , nothing has to see with our large ant , like our in Europe .
our ant of the north of planet also do not have the same concern, to my knowledge one in forever considering making their nests in antplants , even not also to come to seek the sugar of glands who are in the galleries of the caudex.
jeff
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