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This forum porvides a service and serves to share information, so I would certainly leave content available. However, this forum is also very valuable to communicate open days, European and international meetings and open days. While the UK numbers are lower due to all the problems caused by Brexit (and that works both ways!), this is still important information as people still visit/participate even if buying and taking something home is more difficult (untill the politicians see the light/voters kick them out and start rebuilding). I can understand the problems an UK based society with mostly (but not exclusively) UK members has with funding this forum, though the cost you mention are suprisingly small). I would therefore advocate your third option as this still is one of the most used sales options and I think it is fair if you charge for that. I would make a difference between a sale of some seeds at 2 or 3 euro or pound a portion ( which I would keep free) and the sales i see that charge over 100 euro or pound for a plant. Charging the same fees as ebay or other less moderated and less reliable platforms is with those commercial pricing

Monitoring Venus Flytraps in Florida: Amazing 1-year timelapse About 1500 km south of their native habitats in the Carolinas, Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula), propagated from seeds, find a comparable environment in open long leaf pine forest on the property of Bill Scholl in northern Florida. Originally, they relied on occasional wildfires that remove not only dry undergrowth but also the wiregrass that often grows over them. Presently, on Bill’s property, they benefit from controlled burns done by Bill and his burn team to manage the habitat. ften only the parts of the Venus flytraps near the surface are killed by the fire so they quickly resprout in areas cleared of overgrowth, although, where wiregrass is abundant it rapidly grows over the flytraps. In the summer, tropical storms and hurricanes are common with heavy rains that temporally inundate the Venus flytraps. A controlled burn was done on the forest surrounding the Venus flytraps in this timelapse in April, the effects of which can easily be seen in this amazing timelapse over the complete year of 2022. We (Irmgard and myself) edited and produced this film in collaboration with Dr. Stephen Williams (USA), who assembled the timelapse sequences from daily photos taken by a stationary wildlife camera, and Bill Scholl, who did the video monitoring on his property.

I could not post eigther. I think the thread is for members in the british CP society only. I agree with you. This forum is very valuable to me. Lots of searchable good information and my only source for plants. I would be happy to pay a pound per sales add or maybe 10 pounds a year? I think this forum have the potential to draw profit to the society indtead of beeing a cost. Maybe not the aim for the society, but still a shame to close.

Bad news for the neighbourhood insects but my plan for a drosophyllum garden has been very successful. Amazing to see how the seedlings have progressed. Every media type I have tried (with/without peat) has worked but I still feel like pure mineral media has worked better. The only problem with pure mineral media is that they need watering more often (especially in clay pots, almost daily) so they do waste more water. Something to consider as water becomes more valuable every day... proud mom of all the seedlings seen here seedlings in pure mineral media pure mineral media again with mommy plant in the back

I am unable to post in the forum announcement section of the forum so have to reply here. Could the members on here not be asked to contribute a minimal amount of money per year as well as those who are selling to keep the forum going? £200 isn’t a vast amount of money and wouldn’t require a huge amount from the members who do use the forum.

Hi folks Apologies, this is my error - I hadn't realised that you wouldn't be able to reply to the announcement and although I'd watched that post for replies, I missed the new thread here. Thanks for your suggestions also, we will definitely take these into account before deciding on any next steps. Best Dave

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Hello,these are my Pinguicula that I have been growing for a few years, it's the first time they bloom, my ignorance prevents me from identifying them correctly but it doesn't prevent me from admiring them....

Very nice, thanks for sharing. Sorry can't help with the ID as I only have a few temperate Pings.

My fault guys, sorry. I didn't notice that it was posted as an announcement, so you can't reply normaly. As I'm a moderator I could reply. Nothing to do with being a member or not, just a sleepy moderator causing confusion. Happy that the subject is taken up by the forum members though.

I also think its a good idear to keep the forum open not used as much as before but a wealth of information. We need to find a way of Funding thou as this is a valuble source perhaps other socetys could chip in.

Very beautiful....the particular teeth..striking

My website shows how to succesfully build a bog garden for carnivorous plants in a climate as Denmarks. I have added a lot of pictures on the site, so please enjoy. https://lundmosen.dk/mosebede Martin

So this summer I had 5 plants. At the peak of summer I was watering them every 2 days and apparently it wasn't enough because I lost 3 of them. The remaining two plants I watered every day and they survived. My media is mostly mineral so what worked for other growers (ie watering less) didn't work in my conditions. It was interesting to observe that they shrank to almost half their size during the hottest months. Little dew (althought they kept catching) and they lost their upright claw-like form. Then we had a week when there was very strong morning dew (everything looked wet like it had just rained) and they almost doubled in size with big droplets of dew and went right back to their upright form. It was amazing to see how they reacted so positively to morning dew. Here they are now 3 months later.

Blimey, even rarer than EB... I'll have to look after it a bit better