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The September 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: We are still experiencing some delivery delays. A PDF of the September issue is available for members at our ClubExpress website.

Contents of the September 2021 Issue 50:3

• Surviving the pandemic — Alison Carrington-Tardif 
• World Carnivorous Plant Day: A World-wide success — Carson Trexler and Kenny Coogan (PDF) 
• World Carnivorous Plant Day photo contest — Kenny Coogan (PDF) 
• Frequency of trap closure and capture of prey by Dionaea muscipula in the field — Stephen E. Williams and Bill Scholl (Abstract | PDF) 
• Naphthoquinones in Pygmy Sundews (Drosera sect. Bryastrum) — Jan Schlauer and Andreas Fleischmann (Abstract | PDF) 
• An account of Drosera section Lasiocephala — Richard Nunn and Allen Lowrie 
• Carnivorous plants of Australia’s Top End — Boaz Ng 
• Waukauyengtipu and Uchii River Uplands Expedition 2019 – report with photographic observations of carnivorous flora of the Paruima territory in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana — Mateusz Wrazidlo (Abstract | PDF) 
• New cultivars — Dr. Panut Oprasertsawat and Stefano C. Sciutto and Greg Bourke and (Abstract | PDF) 
• A new taxonomic rank for Drosera pedicellaris (Droseraceae) — Jan Schlauer (PDF) 
• Names of carnivorous plant cultivars registered in 2020 — Jan Schlauer (PDF) 

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Save the date of May 4, 2022 for World Carnivorous Plant Day 2022. If you are interested in participating as a contributing speaker for World Carnivorous Plant Day 2022, contact either Carson or Kenny. If you have a student or child between the ages of 12 and 16 who would like to interview an expert from another country, please contact Kenny. 

Carson Trexler • ICPS Conservation Director • carson@carnivorousplants.org
Kenny Coogan • ICPS Education Director • kenny@carnivorousplants.org

The June 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: We are still experiencing delivery delays. A PDF of the June issue is available for members at our ClubExpress website.

Contents of the June 2021 Issue 50:2

• Splash-cups, springboards, and sink or swim – Preliminary study of the strategies for vegetative propagule dispersal in Pygmy Drosera — Greg Bourke (Abstract | PDF) 
• Online Guide to the Pygmy Drosera (PDF) 
• Can Venus flytraps be triggered to close by raindrops? — Stephen E. Williams and Bill Scholl (Abstract | PDF) 
• Using a trail camera for recording plant-insect interactions with Venus flytrap as an example — Stephen E. Williams and Bill Scholl
• On Dipsacus and Drosera: Francis Darwin’s favorite carnivores — John R. Schaefer 
• Re-discovering Utricularia platensis Speg. in Argentina — Danel Aranoa 
• A new technique for the cultivation of Cephalotus follicularis — Richard Nunn and Chiem Nguyen Anh Vu 
• New Cultivars — Dimitar Daskalov and Evan Wang and Craig Heath and Yabbie Yang and Milan Del Buono and Olivier Bres (Abstract | PDF)

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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 

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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.