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Contents of Volume 52 Number 1, March 2023

• Thomas Lawrence Mellichamp, “Dr. M” — Audrey Mellichamp and Paula Gross and Carson Trexler and Tom Diggs and Peter D’Amato
• Update of 13th ICPS Conference, Himeji, Japan — Koji Kondo
• Education Corner. 3rd Annual World Carnivorous Plant Day – 3 May 2023 — Kenny Coogan
• Nepenthes berbulu (Nepenthaceae), a pitcher plant from Peninsular Malaysia with remarkably long lid bristles — Hong L. Tan and Gideon Lim and François Sockhom Mey and Michal R. Golos and Andreas Wistuba and Stewart R. McPherson and Alastair S. Robinson
• Two new natural Sarracenia hybrids from the Gulf Coast — Carson Trexler
• The times they are a-changin’ — Marcel van den Broek
• Unexpected carnivorous plant discoveries on an adventure to Cape York — Boaz Ng
• New cultivars — Fred Vosse and Olivier Bres and Riley D. Duncan

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The schedule for the the 13th ICPS International Conference has been posted.

The conference will be held at the Himeji Citizens Hall in Himeji City, Japan, May 26-28, 2023. Field trips will be on May 29-31, 2023. For more information, please see:

https://jcps.themedia.jp/pages/6655557/page_202212032329

The conference is hosted by the Japanese Carnivorous Plant Society (JCPS) with the cooperation of the Kansai Carnivorous Plant Society (KCPS), the Tokai Carnivorous Plant Society (TCPS) and the Hiroshima Carnivorous Plant Society (HCPS).

– Koji Kondo    
  13th ICPS World Conference Organizer Team

The ICPS is offering Webinars and Happy Hours via Zoom.

ICPS is excited to offer MONTHLY member's only Virtual Webinars and Happy Hours! Take this opportunity to ASK THE EXPERTS.

The scheduled Happy Hours are

none scheduled

The scheduled Webinars are

Feb 6, 2023 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
The ecology and biology of Aldrovanda with Adam Cross

Feb 23, 2023 08:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Prey capture mechanisms of carnivorous plants with Sabulal Baby

To join the members only Webinars and Happy Hours:

Step 1: LOG into your account at https://icps.clubexpress.com/
Step 2: Click the Zoom link on the front page.

The Virtual Happy Hours are hosted by ICPS Education Director, Kenny Coogan.

The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 4, December 2022

• A new schedule of fees for ICPS starting February 2023 — Richard Nunn
• Observations on Cephalotus follicularis reproductive biology — John Brittnacher
• Proboscidea and Dicyphini: An example of spontaneous mutualism by a population of predatory bugs inhabiting a sticky plant — Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer and Irmgard Hartmeyer
• The taxonomic relevance of Naphthoquinones in tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes L., Nepenthaceae) — Jan Schlauer and Andreas Wistuba and Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer and Irmgard Hartmeyer
• Microscopic features useful for identifying Utricularia native to the western USA, with an emphasis on the bladder quadrifid glands — Barry Rice
• Variation in Triantha occidentalis (S.Watson) R.R.Gates characteristics in California — Barry Rice
• Hunting the king – Drosera regia trip report — Hendré Barnard
• New cultivars — Mentaz Philippe and Emmy Wang and Evan Wang and Juan Camilo Páez Jiménez and Maribel Bohórquez Rodríguez and Aida Esther Jimenez and Nathan Thomas and Yang-Fang Ho

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The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 3, September 2022

• Informational email from the ICPS — John Brittnacher
• A new Drosera hybrid: Drosera xbockowskii (Droseraceae) — Bill Scholl
• An account of the antennae-flowered Utricularia of northern Australia — Richard Nunn
• Grow Genlisea so you can see the traps — John Brittnacher
• Deli display case converted into a carnivorous plant highland chamber — James Falconio
• Education Corner — Kenny Coogan
• An interview with Margaret Cho — Kenny Coogan
• New cultivars — Sunya Nuanlaong and Milan Del Buono and Howard Bramble and Pietro Falchi and Laurens Eggen and Mike Howlett and Andrés Rodrigo Caldas Enriquez
• Names of carnivorous plant cultivars registered in 2021 — Jan Schlauer

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The June 2022 issue of CPN is now out.

The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 2, June 2022

• The 13th ICPS Conference—Japan — Koji Kondo (Info | PDF)
• CPN takes another step into the digital world — John Brittnacher 
• Morphometry of shoots and flowers of Utricularia minor at a large site in the Czech Republic — Lubomír Adamec and Andrea Kučerová (Abstract | PDF)
• Drosera filiformis Raf. var. floridana Rice forma albiflora J.Ksepka f. nov — Jason Ksepka (Abstract | PDF)
• Forked leafed Drosera tracyi — Bill Scholl 
• Purple bladderworts in Quebec: Rediscovering an unusual growth strategy — Douglas W. Darnowski 
• Field notes on Triantha occidentalis subsp. brevistyla (C.L.Hitchc.) Packer in Washington, USA — Barry A. Rice 
• Captivated: The Allure of Carnivorous Plants A non-profit documentary film — Jonathan S. Kui 
• New cultivars — Giacomo Mehle and Craig Heath and Kirk Simpson and Frank Obregon and Robert Co and Daniele Righetti (Abstract | PDF)

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