Latest ICPS News

The WCPD 2021 videos are now available on the WPCD 2021 page in easy to choose and view format.

For our first World Carnivorous Plant Day, Kenny Coogan and Carson Trexler recruited a range of hobbyists, nurseries, professors, and authors. Everyone we reached out to was very generous with their time. Jeremiah Harris’ international connections were immensely helpful in finding content. John Kim edited all 20 videos, a huge task, that is much appreciated.

The March 2021 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.

Members: With the December 2020 issue we experienced CPN delivery delays of over 3 months for some members. It appears we are having similar delays with the March 2021 issue. A PDF of the March issue is available for members at our ClubExpress website.

Contents of the March 2021 Issue 50:1

• 13th ICPS Conference - Japan: Postponed until 2022 (PDF) 
• World Carnivorous Plant Day (PDF) 
• ICPS Lifetime Achievement Award, Hall of Fame, & Wall of Honor — Richard Nunn (PDF) 
• The ICPS presents the ICPS Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Larry Mellichamp — Carson Trexler 
• On tropical Drosera rotundifolia L. — Andreas Fleischmann (Abstract | PDF) 
• Pollination of Dionaea muscipula, the Venus Flytrap — Stephen E. Williams and Bill Scholl (Abstract | PDF) 
• Sarracenia hybridisation: results of crossing complex hybrids — Steve Amoroso 
• Hydroponic culture of Drosophyllum lusitanicum — Jeong-pil Lee 
• Insectivore art in transit — Carolyn Braaksma and Chris Lange 
• New cultivars — Craig Heath and Alexander Fisch and Fraser Anderson and Calen Hall and Jerry Addington and Mattia Chinaglia and Carson Trexler and Zuzana Srostlik (Abstract | PDF) 
• Carnivorous plant cultivar names and patents — Jan Schlauer (PDF) 
• Literature review — Jan Schlauer 
• Book review — Barry Rice 

View the Contents of All CPN Issues

Webpages with recent major updates:

1. Guide to the Pygmy Drosera — The guide in the About CPs/Taxonomy section was expanded to six pages in book format and formatted to be easy to use on phones, tablets, and computers at home and in the field. It includes all 54 species and 6 taxonomically named hybrids with 332 new images.
    
2. Drosera peltata Species Complex — The page in the About CPs/Taxonomy section was updated with the addition and discussion of Drosera gunniana as well as more and larger photos.
    
3. LED Plant Lighting — The Fluorescent Plant Lighting page was removed as obsolete and the LED Plant Lighting page in the Grow CPs/Soils, Water, Light section rewritten to provide a technical and practical overview of lighting for plants grown indoors. As LED lighting technology continues to evolve, expect the page to be updated regularly.

There are three new subsections of the ICPS website corresponding to three new ICPS activities:

1. ICPS Achievement Awards — The ICPS has presented four lifetime achievement awards and has had 6 special remembrances and tributes in CPN. Learn more about these exceptional individuals.
    
2. World Carnivorous Plant Day — The first Wednesday of May is World Carnivorous Plant Day. The ICPS will have activities celebrating that day.
    
3. ICPS Photo Contests — The annual ICPS photo contests are associated with ICPS World Conferences and World Carnivorous Plant day. Contribute your photos to the contest.

The December 2020 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 the December 2020 Issue 49:4

• From the jungle back to the drawing board … and back: An interview with François Sockhom Mey — Marcel van den Broek 
• On the regulation of dissolved oxygen by Nepenthes pitchers — Kadeem J. Gilbert (Abstract | PDF) 
• First observations of UV-induced fluorescence in Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) and other tepui flora. [Summary of Technical Contribution Published Online] — Michal R. Golos (PDF) 
• First observations of UV-induced fluorescence in Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) and other tepui flora — Michal R. Golos (Published Online: Abstract | PDF) 
• Drosera capensis: some variation in cultivation and in the wild — Robert Gibson 
• Hypothesis of tumbleweed-like dispersal of Drosera seeds — Robert Gibson 
• Witanowski’s discovery - and how its early misinterpretation and subsequent neglect continue to impede scientific progress and insight — Jan Schlauer 
• New cultivars — Teddy Vayssade and Craig Heath (Abstract | PDF) 

View Contents of All Recent CPN Issues

The ICPS Board recently welcomed Carson Trexler as the Director for Conservation and Research.  Brent Jones became the Director of ICPS Conferences and Membership Development.

Carson has been a member of the ICPS since 2007. His relationship with CPs focuses on the ornamental horticulture of Sarracenia. Carson has worked at Sarracenia Northwest, a Carnivorous Plant nursery, for 3 years, and attends Oregon State University, pursuing a degree in Horticulture. He lives in Portland, Oregon, USA, where he enjoys being an active part of the local CP community. Carson is ambitious to develop this position into an effective, modern office for the purpose of CP research and public awareness about conservation. In particular, he is keen to engage the ICPS membership, by showcasing our work through CPN and other outlets. Carson will focus on expanding the ICPS’s involvement in conservation projects in the United States and Internationally, and working closely with existing conservation involvements.