Marcel van den Broek

Hi, For those of you who are not directly connected to the Californians and missed a shared post on the ICPS facebook page: A) There is conference information on this page: http://www.icpscon2018.com/ B) The registration seems to be working already though some info like the cost of the hotel is missing I have not received any information about this, so I know as much as you do.

Relax, they are building the info pages, not much there yet. As soon as there is anything substantial I'll give everybody a heads up.

Hi Riaan, Good to see you here

That too

Small addition on that. Of course it has strong promotional value but Bill is actually a good friend of Rob and that plus the combination of a thanks for his conservation work (in Bill's case Indonsesian rainforest and specifically Urang utan projects) os the main reason he was selected and not....say Bruce Dickingson. He actually came to see us at work at the IUCN-Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group redlist workshop and attended the presentation of a botanical painting to Sir David Attenborough at the ICPS conference. Same with Dame Helen Mirren.

Publishers website has more information: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/carnivorous-plants-9780198779841?cc=nl&lang=en check the table of contents and the contributerslist. Lots of big guns, but expect a technical/scientific book, like a selection of specialised papers on selected topics make a complete story. Not a picture book or light reading material. Looks like at least one of my Christmas gifts will have a slow reindeer...

The ICPS project is more or less silent as there are not many registrations done. However we are still working. Last year a match was made and seeds produced. The seeds got distrubuted. Ark of Life got some which went to the Hortus in Leiden for the Nepenthes Ark we have there. As a matter of fact..if any one has a male that is going to flower about mid november - mid december please contact me. I know a lonely female in Japan that will be flowering at that time. The beautiful lady in question is living for many years now in a botanical garden and was originally wild collected by that botanical garden.

Hi Mathias, As Stewart has so little time we are re-setting things as a foundation in The Netherlands with an actual international board running things (as opposed to a not for profit organization with only Stewart on the books). Basically we are already a foundation (notary work is done). Right now the bank is checking the identification papers of the first 3 board members (Tim Bailey, John v.d. Werf and myself, others have agreed to join the board and will be added when things are running) so an actual bank account will be available and not just a paypal account linked to Stewart. With that Chambe of commerce can be completed. After that...we need to reactivate the dead website. It was frozen after many hacks, so we need to rebuilt that more strong. When that works I can meet the requirements for Charity status and we are off again. For the moment the plants in Leiden are doing well and we had some additions since this last post. Check out our Facebook page for that https://www.facebook.com/Ark-of-Life-147726941956397/

Registration was closed, you can try to contact John at penningmeester[at]carnivora[dot]nl, he might have some spares set aside

Due to some small issues we had to make a small change in the order of the speakers. Friday 11th of August – Speakers: 12:30 - 13:00 Paul Kessler, Introduction 13:00 – 13:45 Raisal Haq, Indonesia – Nepenthacea. 14:15 – 15:00 Yupi Isnaini, Indonesia – Nepenthes; Tissue culture. 15:30 – 16:30 Christian Dietz, Germany – South African Drosera. Saturday 12th of August – Speakers: 10:30 – 11:30 Miloslav Studnicka, Czech Republic – Utricularia spec. reniformis vs cornigera. 13:30 – 14:30 Joachim Nerz, Germany – Nepenthes in habitat. 14:45 Pastry 15:30 – 16:30 Laurent Taerwe, Belgium – Nepenthes; Threats and conservation. Sunday 13th of August – Speakers: 10:30 – 11:30 Simon Poppinga, Germany – Utricularia; Trap function and movements. 13:30 – 14:30 Michael & Caroline Schöner, Germany – Nepenthes; Symbioses with bats. 15:00 – 16:00 Damien Jouen, France – Drosera Petiolaris-complex.

But for the real travellers a trip to the European meeting in The Netherlands (11-13 August) is off course mandatory.

Don't forget to register and if you are vegetarian, please send an e-mail to Penningmeester[at]carnivora[dot]nl. No specifics on what dishes from the catering but they say they can easlily add vegetarian dishes to the two basic options already in the menu...we just need to know for how many .

Correct, stupid typo. oops

???? If you mean the link, it works for me... What is not working for you Aurélien?

Hi, Noticed that the registration link was a bit hidden so here it is again: https://frontoffice.paylogic.nl/?event_id=118510&point_of_sale_id=1931 Also we have a great catering for the dinner, but people asked for the menu in English, so here it is Asian buffet EEE Sate Ajam Skewered fried chicken in peanut sauce Kecap balls Balls of minced meat in Soy sauce and pickled vegetables Kaeng Kari Kai Chicken filet with potato in a spicy curry sauce Daging rudjak Beef stew in a spicy sauce with onion and chili peppers Dadar isi Stirfried egg and vegetables in tomato sauce (vegetarian) Nasi Goreng Fried rice with meat and vegetables Miehoen Goreng Fine fried rice noodles with vegetables and egg (vegetarian) Garniture with amongst others: Oriental vegetable salad, Seroendeng (a mixture of roasted coconut, peanuts and spices), prawn cracker, pickled vegetables, Sambal roedjak (mild sambal, based on grounnd red peppers, sugar and fried onion) and Sambal badjak (fried, herbal sambal) additional vegetarian dishes or specific diet can be dealt with, let us know at pennigmeester[at]carnivora[dot]nl.

Promo by the botanical garden for the show that goes with the EEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd0gw9BNYyA

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0017935 Whether or not that makes it carnivorous depends on how wide you cast your definition of carnivory. Yes, it benefits but no enzyms or ass. predators like Roridula, no specific attraction mechanism and are the modifications to catch really mentionable?

Sorry we are a bit slow. We just don't want to post anything we have no absolute confirmation on. Please keep checking this page too..It is the main page and will also give instructions on registration etc when we are ready. http://carnivora.nl/2017 - EEE Eng.html

Carnivorous Plant Cultivar Names Database N: $[Sarracenia ' Marston Dwarf ' {Hort.Slack}] P: Insect-Eat.Pl. & How to Grow Them:72 (1986) S: =[Sarracenia flava var. ornata {Hort.Bull ex Mast.}] Introducer: A.Slack Nominant: A.Slack Registrant: A.Slack HC: registration preliminary (standard missing) Description: Insect-Eat.Pl. & How to Grow Them:72 (1986) "The variety (sic!) [Sarracenia ' Marston Dwarf ' {Hort.Slack}] is of my own selection and has heavily veined pitchers seldom exceeding 31 cm (12 inches) in height. It soon forms clumps, and is a useful and attractive plant for small sunny windows." Propagation: vegetative division Etymology: after the introducer's establishment Marston Exotics, Somerset, England, and the small size of the plants and a picture link with the registration: http://cpphotofinder.com/sarracenia-marston-dwarf-3020.html

No it is not registered see http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cultivars/names.php?name=Dionaea

Proposals are in...news will follow soon but I can tell you we didn't receive a proposal from Canada.

Gert always has good plants and in all the years he is in business I have never encountered anyone with a valid claim that he didn't deal with in a very civil and adequate way when approached.

Carniflora visit Carnivora will have its biennial (more or less) excursion to Carniflora in Aalsmeer again this year. A good change to look around in what is probably the largest carnivorous plant nursery in Europe and perhaps pick up a couple of plants. Ararflora is also invited by the owner so Gert will be present with his sales stand. Usually he brings some special plants As usual we invite the members of our sister societies and forums to join us. Please note that Carniflora is a whole sale nursery and NOT open to the public. This is a special event for us and we like to keep that privilege so don't attempt to visit at any other time or date!! Date: May 20th 2017 Time: 10:00 - 13:00 local ATTENTION! TIME HAS CHANGED SINCE PRE-ANNAUNCEMENT!!! Rietwijkeroordweg 35 Aalsmeer NL House rules: When you arrive you will be given some information. As you can buy a couple of plants for yourself this mainly involves which lots of plants are reserved and some general information. Apart from the remarks mentioned before you are free to have a good look at this huge nursery. Lots of people will come, so you might want to trade some plants. That is fine, but do NOT take them inside as we try to keep deceases out of the greenhouses. There is enough parking space and you can exchange plants from your car trunk. Members of Carnivora are around to help with questions.

Quick reminder: proposals for the 2018 ICPS conference can be submitted for 1 more week (15th of April to be exact). Responses are coming in so if you want to compete make sure you are on time...we love it when we are spoiled with 1 or more choices as it underwrites the importance people attach to this conference (need I say I agree ? )

We are working on it Mathias...but probably April before we have some real details. I know speakers where approached and that we are waiting for confirmations Just home (last night) from Panama so I have to find out first for myself how far the others got while I was away