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Seeing as there are a couple of topics about books, I was wondering what carnivorous plant books you have?

I have the following in no particular order:

1. The Savage Garden - Perter D'Amato

2. Carnivorous Plants - Adrian Slack

3. Insect eating Plants and how to grow them - Adrian Slack

4. Carnivorous Plants of the World - James & Patricia Pietropaolo

5. Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada (Second Edition) - Donald Schnell

6. Gardening with Carnivores - Nick Romanowski

7. Carnivorous Plants - Tony Camilleri

8. Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu - Shigeo Kurata

9. Insectivorous Plants - Charles Darwin (2002)

I'm interested in what more is out there as I have got into the habit of collecting books :)

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I have:

Savage Garden, Peter D'Amato

A guide to the pitcher Plants of Sabah

A guide to the pitcher Plants of Pennisula Malaysia

Nepenthes of Borneo

regards Bjørn

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I have these books

1. Savage garden, Peter D'amato

2. Carnivorous plants of the world, James and Patricia Pietropaolo

3. Carnivorous plants, Adrian Slack

4. Insect eating plants and how to grow them, Adrian Slack

5. Carnivorous plants, Tony Camilleri

6. Carnivorous plants of the United States and Canada, Donald Schnell

7. The Carnivorous Plants, Francis Earnest Lloyd

8. Cultivating Carnivorous plants, Allan A. Swenson

9. The Wisley handbook of Carnivorous plants

10. carniflora, Gert hoogenstrijd

11.Carnivorous plants, Donald Schnell first edition

12 carnivorous plants, Gordon Cheers

13. Carnivorous plants of New Zealand, Bruce Salmon

14. Sarracenia, John and Jean Ainsworth

15. the Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands and Indies, R.H. Danser

16. Insectivorous plants, Charles Darwin

Coming soon

Growing carnivorous plants, Barry Rice,

Lost worlds, Stewart Mcpherson

Pitcher plants of the Americas, Stewart mcpherson

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OK, here is my collection thus far-

1. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Vol 1 by Allen Lowrie.

2. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Vol 2 by Allen Lowrie.

3. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Vol 3 by Allen Lowrie.

4. The World Of Carnivorous Plants by James & Patricia Pietrapaolo.

5. Carnivorous Plants of the World by James & Patricia Pietrapaolo.

6. Carnivorous Plants of the World in Color by Kondo.

7. Carnivorous Plants by Tony Camilleri.

8. Carnivorous Plants by Adrian Slack.

9. Insect Eating Plants and How to Grow Them by Adrian Slack.

10. Plants of Prey by Rika Erickson.

11.The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato.

12. Carnivorous Plants by Gordon Cheers.

13. A Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World by Gordon Cheers.

14. Carnivorous Plants- Care & Cultivation by Marcel Lecoufle.

15. Carnivorous Plants of the United States & Canada- Donald E. Schnell.

16. Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu by Shigeo Kurata

17. The Wisley Handbook of Carnivorous Plants- The Royal Horticultural Society.

If I can just get my hands on Peter Taylors book- 'Utricularia- A taxonomic monograph' and Donald E. Schnells latest edition I'll be happy.

Sean.

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1. The Savage Garden - Perter D'Amato

2. Carnivorous Plants - Adrian Slack

3. Carnivorous Plants of the World - James & Patricia Pietropaolo

4. Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada- Donald Schnell

5. Gardening with Carnivores - Nick Romanowski

6. Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu - Shigeo Kurata

7. Insectivorous Plants - Charles Darwin

8. Carnivorous Plants(Wisley Handbook) - Paul Temple

9. Pitcher-Plants of Borneo Anthea Phillipps and Anthony Lamb

10. Nepenthes of Borneo - Charles Clarke

11. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia - Charles Clarke

Also with sections on CP:

Private Life of Plants - David Attenborough

Vicious Veg - Nick Arnold

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I'm a beginner with books as I am a beginner with CPs, but I have:

The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato

Carnivorous Plants by Tony Camilleri

Insectivirous Plants by Charles Darwin (only an on-line version!)

I think I'm getting Carnivorous Plants by Adrian Slack for Christmas

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Don't wory Sean, you can borrow mine, but you do have to return it!! :lol:

I think I only own two books, Utricularia- A taxonomic monograph and

The Savage Garden...

I do however have access to a number of other book like Allen Lowries 3 books.

I still find the best recource is other people, such as on forums like this and my local CP society!! Imagine were we would all be without this wonderous internet. I know my collection would be a lot smaller and worse off without the help of other peolpe.

George

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My book list:

Adrian Slack ‘Carnivorous Plants’

Adrian Slack ‘Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them’

Tony Camilleri ‘Carnivorous Plants’

Peter D’Amato ‘The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants’

Gert Hoogegenstrijd ‘Carniflora’

Paul Temple ‘Carnivorous Plants- (A Wisley Handbook)’

Nick Romanowski ‘Gardening With Carnivores: Sarracenia Pitcher Plants in Cultivation and in the Wild’

John and Jean Ainsworth ‘Sarracenia: North American Pitcher Plants’

Hugo Steiner ‘Borneo: Its Mountains and Lowlands with their Pitcher Plants Trekking from 1992 to 2002

Charles Clarke 'Nepenthes of Borneo'

Charles Clarke ‘A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sabah’

Charles Clarke ‘A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia’

Rica Erickson ‘Plants of Prey in Australia’

Allen Lowrie ‘Carnivorous Plants of Australia Volume 2’

Allen Lowrie ‘Carnivorous Plants of Australia Volume 3’

Bruce Salmon ‘Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand’

Donald E. Schnell ‘Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada Second Edition’

Peter Taylor ‘The Genus Utricularia: a taxonomic monograph’

On order, expected any day now - 'Carnivorous Plants of the World', the new CP book from IPS, Japan http://www.honda-e.com/CPWorldByIPS/NewCPBook.htm

Next purchase - Charles Clarke 'Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsula Malaysia'

Next purchase, if I win the Lotto! - 'Allen Lowrie ‘Carnivorous Plants of Australia Volume 1' :lol:

Vic

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I noticed that the highest current bidder is Triffid Park. If that is the same Triffid Park nursery here in Melbourne, Australia you will be sure to see the same book for resale at around 500 pounds!! in a few weeks.

Come on somebody, beat them to it.

I would put in an bid myself but I already have a copy.

Sean.

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Sean,

That is the same Triffid Park as in Melbourne. I bump into Colin and Tina occasionally, around the World, at CP meetings.

There are a few modern reprints (2002) mentioned above of Darwin's book, is the reprint any good ?

I have a first edition of this book, I treated myself to a bit of luxury a few years ago.

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Hi all!

All I have is the Polish book about CP:

"Rosliny miesozerne zwane tez owadozernymi" (i didn't used polish signs) - B.Sudnik-Wójcikowska, Z. Podbielkowski

It's nice looking book with good photos, general cultivation info and hard-cover. It's also have description of some species of cp, history of cp who found it, etc. But if you don't know Polish languge you could only look at the photos :)

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Some impressive lists people! All I have is D'Amato's Savage Garden but don't feel I need any more in regard to growing tips further than that and this forum's experts!

I would like to get another though just for the sheer love of these plants!

Which are considered best interms of comprehensibility, quality of pictures, accuracy, modernity and readabilty?

Which do people think are the top 3?

Thanks!

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Lowrie 's book are very good but they're more field guides than anything else. It depends if you are into a particular genus or want something that covers general CP cultivation. In this case either of Slacks book would be good, but the Savage Garden is the best book around at the moment by far.

Some of the childrens book can also be good. Cynthia Overbeck may be an old title but the photo's are excellent.

Regards

Alex.

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Hi, here's the CP books on my shelf:

1. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Vol 1 by Allen Lowrie (signed).

2. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Vol 2 by Allen Lowrie (signed).

3. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Vol 3 by Allen Lowrie (signed).

4. Pitcher Plants of Borneo by Anthea Phillipps & Anthony Lamb.

5. Carnivorous Plants by Adrian Slack.

6. Insect Eating Plants and How to Grow Them by Adrian Slack.

7.The Savage Garden by Peter D'Amato (signed).

8. Letts Guide to Carnivorous Plants of the World by Gordon Cheers.

9. Carnivorous Plants- Care & Cultivation by Marcel Lecoufle.

10. The Wisley Handbook of Carnivorous Plants- The Royal Horticultural Society.

Wouldn't mind adding a few more sometime but never seem to get round to it..........

[May 2004 update - added a few more! See the end of my growlist for an up to date list]

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It seems like almost everyone has The Savage Garden - Perter D'Amato and Carnivorous Plants - Adrian Slack.

I assume these are the best (standard) books about CP?

I'm pretty novice at the art of CP at the moment so I want to buy a good book, however just one book for now. :lol:

So which one should I choose? Any description about both these books?

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