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Carnivorous plant societies - how can I join?
Carnivorous plant internet sources
There are a variety of books available. Some are good, many are bad. All of them are good for what they set out to achieve. A preferred short list (given by author) are: Adrian Slack or Gordon Cheers (cultivation); Peter D'Amato, Don Schnell, Allen Lowrie, Lloyd, or Peter Taylor (the last book, by Taylor, is a very technical reference on the Utricularia genus). A recently-published book (1996) called 'Sarracenia', by John and Jean Ainsworth, deals exclusively with the Sarracenia genus.
The books by Adrian Slack, although out of print and somewhat difficult to obtain, are excellent works for the understanding and cultivation of CPs in general. The two titles by this author: 'Carnivorous Plants' and 'Insect-Eating Plants and How to grow them', are highly recommended.
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Dr. Jan Schlauer has produced a complete listing of all known CPs, alive or extinct. This scholarly work can be perused using Rick Walker's page on the Internet (see the links page).
Similarly, VCPS has produced a loose-leaf book listing all the known carnivorous plants. The species within each genus are listed alphabetically. All the known subspecies, varieties, forms, named hybrids, cultivars and synonyms are included. Also, there is a listing of the reference sources for the information, and a list of existing carnivorous plant societies, world-wide.
A listing of the various CP related books is included on the bibliography page.
In Australia, the CP society to join is:
Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc.
P.O. Box 201,
South Yarra,
Victoria 3141
Australian
See our "How to Join" page for more information.
There are many other CP societies throughout Australia, and the world. See the Societies page for more details.
What CP web and Internet resources are available?
There is a free Internet discussion group (a mailing list). This group is very active, providing on average 15 messages per day. A digest option is available. There are also several CP-related web pages maintained by various growers. A particularly fine link is owned by Rick Walker and contains a good interface for searching a CP database. An incomplete list of other links can be found on this CP page – there are some links to nurseries there too. Another CP nursery is also on-line, which you can find through Yahoo or other web-search engines. Because of various instances of personal bias against it, it will not be referenced directly. You can read why by examining some comments from previous customers.
E-Mail List Servers
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Sarracenia at meal time!
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International CP List Server
Subscribe to the CP List Server.
Subscribe by e-mailing listserv@opus.labs.agilent.com
Leave the subject line blank
In the first line of of the body of the e-mail type: subscribe cp "your name"
Transmit the e-mail
You will be advised that you are on the list
Messages or queries are then sent through cp@opus.labs.agilent.com
Australian CP List Server
A List Server operates that is wholly devoted to Australian Carnivorous Plants, their habitat and cultivation.
To join, sent a blank e-mail to aus-cps-subscribe@egroups.com
A confirmation of your subscription will be e-mailed to you.
Messages for the list are then sent to aus-cps@egroups.com
Web Pages
Some useful and interesting Internet URLs are locates on the links page.
