ISSN 1033-6966 VICTORIAN CARNIVOROUS SOC IETY Inc.

March 2006 No. 79

P. immaculata x emarginata Nepenthes x allardii nelumbifolia

Dionaea muscipula “Goliath” Drosera parvula ssp sargentii Sarracenia flava var. rugelii

Drosera praefolia D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii VICTORIAN CARNIVOROUS VICTORIAN SOC IETY Inc. PLANT SOC IETY Inc. Annual Subscriptions Issue No. 79 March 2006 Australian membership $20.00 Office Bearers: July 2005 – June 2006 Overseas membership $20.00 Payment from overseas must be in Australian dollars. President Stephen Fretwell All cheques or money orders should be made payable to the Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc (VCPS). Vice President Sean Spence Payment by credit card is NOT available at the time of this journal issue. General Secretary Paul Edwards Correspondence Minutes Secretary Sean Spence Please forward all correspondence regarding subscription, change of address, Other Publications Gordon Ohlenrott articles for the journal and back issues to: The Secretary VCPS Journal Editor Stephen Fretwell P.O. Box 201 SOUTH YARRA 3141. Assistant Journal Editor George Caspar AUSTRALIA Internet Co-ordinator Paul Edwards Journal articles, in MS-Word, ready for publication, may be Emailed to the Editor or Secretary. Treasurer Ken Neal

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Meetings Seedbank Administrator George Caspar Most VCPS meetings are held in the hall at the rear of the Pilgrim Uniting Church on the corner of Bayview Road and Montague Street, Yarraville – Melway map reference Hardware Co-ordinator Andre Cleghorn 41K7. These meetings are on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 8 PM. However, some meetings may be at the home of members during a weekend. Show Co-ordinator Peter Anderson Details of meeting dates and topics are listed in each journal. Field Trips Organiser George Caspar If unsure of the location or date of any meeting, please ring a committee person for details. Public Officer Alexander Whitehouse The VCPS Annual General Meeting, usually held at Yarraville in June, provides substantial benefits for each and every member able to attend. Sales Administrator Ron Abernethy

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FRONT COVER: MEETING TOPICS & DATES for 2006 D. praefolia found growing VICTORIAN CARNIVOROUS P LANT SOC IETY at Onkaparinga National Park in South Australia. Photographed by Stephen This year we have scheduled the following discussion topics, and events: Utricularia Fretwell. January (14th) New Year BBQ, Darlingtonia, Dionaea. reniformis grown by Paul BACK COVER: February (22nd) Sarracenia species and hybrids, beginners night. Edwards won Clockwise from top left: first place in I P. immaculata x emarginata , March (22nd) Nepenthes and Heliamphora . the Utricularia grown by Sean Spence. April (26th) Drosera , video and information night. division at the I Nepenthes x allardii from 2005 VCPS the 2005 VCPS show. (24th) Growing conditions, pygmy Drosera gemmae annual show. May I Utricularia nelumbifolia collection, 'best' and 'worst' . grown and photographed by June (28th) AGM, plant give-away, any CPs. Utricularia nelumbifolia and its cultivation 6 Sean Spence. I Sarracenia flava var. rugelii July (26th) Seed growing, tissue culture and potting from the 2005 VCPS show. demonstration, any CPs. South Australian Drosera 10 I D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii found growing at Anstey Hill August (23rd) Tuberous/Winter growing Drosera , show In search of Drosera praefolia 11 Conservation Park in S.A. preparation, displays, and companion planting. I D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii September (27th) Cephalotus , Brocchinia, Catopsis and swap night. VCPS 2005 Annual show 16 found growing at Scott Conservation Park in S.A. October (29th) Field trip to Triffid Park (Sunday afternoon, I Dionaea muscipula “Goliath” commencing with barbecue lunch) Pinguicula VCPS 2005 Show summary 17 grown by Paul Edwards and pygmy Drosera. “Grand Champion” of 2005. Our Other Publications 20 I D. parvula ssp sargentii November (22nd) Byblis, Drosophyllum, Genlisea, Roridula, Utricularia. (centre) grown and photo- graphed by Stephen Fretwell . December (TBA) Annual show at Collectors Corner. The articles that are found within are copyright but can be copied Journal Design: freely if the author and source are acknowledged. The views are of the Stephen Fretwell Please note: All meetings, other than those where a specific venue is given, will be on the FOURTH WEDNESDAY of the month in the hall of the Pilgrim Uniting authors and are open to review and debate. Please send all material to Printed by: Church in Yarraville – corner Bayview Road and Montague Street, Melway Map the editor for consideration to be included in our quarterly journal. Snap Printing (Box Hill) Reference 41K7.

4 – VCPS VCPS – 5 3-4cm long and wide, coloured in a beautiful bright pink-lilac with two vertical yellow stripes Utricularia nelumbifolia on an elevated bulge at the base of the lower lip, surrounded by a dark pink-purple patch.” “According to Taylor (1989), the traps of U. nelumbifolia are 1.5-2.5mm long; larger than and its cultivation those of U. reniformis (0.7-1.5mm) but tiny in comparison to those of U. humboldtii (5- SEAN SPENCE 12mm). As for the leaves of U. nelumbifolia , the petioles may reach 45cm in length and the Introduction peltate circular lamina may be up to 10cm in tricularia nelumbifolia Gardn. is one of the diameter (Taylor, 1989).” largest species in the , together “Most of the U. nelumbifolia leaves arise U with the closely related U. reniformis from stolons tightly packed within the U. nelumbifolia producing stolons. St.Hil. and U. humboldtii Schomb., all from sec - bromeliad leaf axils, but we found occasional tion Iperua P.Taylor (Taylor, 1989). These are small (often reniform) leaves with short peti - the only three species of Utricularia known to oles on the so-called “aerial” stolons.” grow epiphytically inside the waterfilled leaf axils of bromeliads, although this is only known to On the purpose of the aerial stolons occur rarely with U. reniformis . U. nelumbifolia produced by Utricularia nelumbifolia thrives exclusively inside bromeliads (Rivadavia, “In U. nelumbifolia these aerial stolon subdivi - 2001 and pers. comm) and is widespread on sions reach deep into the axils of the tightly- highlands of eastern Brazil (Taylor, 1989). layered bromeliad leaves, like a grasping claw, The following extracts penned by Fernando acquiring thus a strong “foothold”. Rivadavia and published in CPN edition of As for the function of these aerial stolons, March 2001 vividly portray the natural condi - Taylor (1989) claims that they are a means of tions in which a wild population of Utricularia vegetative propagation, by growing from one nelumbifolia occurs. Fernando and friends Joe bromeliad into another. But after studying both U. nelumbifolia in flower. Mullins and Fábio Pinheiro encountered the The distinctive leaves of U. nelumbifolia U. nelumbifolia and U. humboldtii in the wild, I species during an expedition to south eastern Photos: Sean Spence have a different hypothesis based on the follow - terrain had been a bit of a problem too, but Brazil in February/March 1996. mountainside had an inclination of about 45 ing observations. Although aerial stolons may I’m sure it would’ve been much worse if it had “While exploring highlands in eastern Minas degrees at this point, but higher above the reach more than a meter in length (Taylor, rained. I sure wouldn’t have liked to find out Gerais state, we were lucky to meet a guy smooth rock curved upwards increasingly, 1989), I noticed that each one usually lands only how slippery that smooth bromeliad-covered called Lúcio Leoni who ran a herbarium in the becoming a vertical cliff.” 5-20cm away from where it originally emerged. rock surface became when wet!” town of Carangola and knew much of the “I could now see that the smooth rock face Furthermore, I observed that the host bromeli - It is worth noting that all of the plants of region’s native flora. To our surprise, he knew above us was truly polka-dotted with bromeli - ads were usually located too far apart from each Utricularia nelumbifolia in cultivation are a few CP locations in the area, including a ads by the thousands.” other, out of the reach of the aerial stolons. thought to have derived from collections U. nelumbifolia population.” Therefore the aerial stolons almost always grew made by Fernando and his colleagues at this “He claimed that the granite cliffs were Upon discovering Utricularia nelumbifolia out of and back into the same bromeliad.” location and on the Serra dos Orgaos high - absolutely covered with the bromeliad growing within the bromeliad urns The most interesting point here is that the lands in Rio de Janeiro state ~200kms away Alcantarea extensa (L.B.Smith) J.R.Grant and “Some bromeliads were absolutely infested aerial stolons apparently serve to recolonize (pers. comm. F. Rivadavia). that these were in turn packed tight with with this Utricularia , all the way from the out - the innermost parts of the “same” bromeliad, U. nelumbifolia .” ermost dead and deteriorated leaf axils right since U. nelumbifolia is slowly pushed outwards Growing Utricularia nelumbifolia from up to the central water tank. We were as the bromeliad rosette grows (pers. comm. seed to maturity On arriving at the location even fortunate enough to catch a few open F. Rivadavia) The seeds of U. nelumbifolia only remain viable “At c.1200m altitude, there was a brief U. nelumbifolia flowers.” for a short period of time. This species, like its transition between the short trees growing in “The inflorescences were similar to those of An insight into how stark and close relative U. humboldtii produce seed brick-red lateritic soil and the bare rock sur - U. reniformis in shape and size, reaching between exposed the location was which have partially developed embryos. The face covered with large bromeliads. The 50 and 80cm in length. The flowers were around “The heat and intense sunlight on that treeless purpose of this is so that when the seeds

6 – VCPS VCPS – 7 These pots were placed within a lidless plastic rounded as U. reniformis . Unlike U. reniformis container in my lighted indoor tank. The con - the scape was quite thin and wiry, becoming tainer was placed so that the top was within weighed down by the flowers to the extent about 10cms of the lights. A small amount of half that it could not support itself, hanging hori - strength orchid fertilizer was added. Within zontally from the top of the container. By weeks, the plants had increased in size from the time the plant was in full flower all 3 of around 8mm in diameter to over 2 cms across. the buds it had produced were flowering A month later, petioles up to 7 cms in simultaneously. height bore leaves up to 4 cms across. I decided to make an attempt at self-pollinat - Bladder-laden roots had begun to emerge ing the flowers to see how readily the species from the holes in the bottom of the pot. Aerial sets seed. The lower and upper corollas were stolons were being produced in abundance separated from one another to reveal the From left: Seed, developing embryo and immature leaves o f U. nelumbifolia . and reached out of the plastic container in pollinia. Using a toothpick with a dampened end, Photos by:(from left) Stephen Morley, George Caspar and Sean Spence. search of a new home to colonize. The leaves the pollen was removed. The clump of pollinia dehisce from the capsule and drop directly amount of water within 2 sealed ziplock bags. and aerial stolons never seemed to grow to was then transferred to the other flowers and into the water-laden urns of the bromeliad, I was concerned that Australian Quarantine their full potential and regularly browned off brushed against the surface of the stigma. germination and growth begins immediately. and Inspection Service (AQIS) officers would on the tips. I realised that the humidity was After a week or so it had become obvious Last year I was fortunate to be offered detain the package because the seed would too low without a lid, so the pot was moved that 2 of the flowers had been successfully pol - some U. nelumbifolia seeds from a friend in the have unavoidably germinated in transit. The to a deeper container and a lid placed on top linated. The flowers dropped off and the ovary United Kingdom. I was unsure how the seed importation of U. nelumbifolia seed is permit - to increase humidity. had begun to swell between the bracts. A fur - would fare during transit from the UK as I ted into Australia, but in general, germinated In the middle of winter I noticed what ther 2 weeks later the ovaries had swollen to thought that they may desiccate during the seed of all plant species is not. I created a let - initially appeared to be a thicker leaf emerging the size of small peas. Unfortunately I was not journey. The sender was quite sure that they’d ter to include with the seeds which provided from the sphagnum. As it grew it became obvi - aware that the capsule did not darken before be OK and he assured me that in the past they brief background information on the lifecycle ous that this new growth was actually an inflo - seed is released. As I moved the pot to check had lasted many days prior to sowing. of the species and the requirement for the rescence. Within a couple of weeks, the on the progress of the seed, I noticed small I gratefully accepted the offer and the seed seed to remain wet. The letter was sent with inflorescence had reached the top of the con - whitish coloured objects floating to the took 4 days to arrive in Australia. They were the package, which after an AQIS inspection tainer. I decided to punch a small hole in the top ground. As I closely investigated the pods I sown on live sphagnum immediately upon arrival. arrived at my door within 4 days. of the lid so that the scape could continue grow - realised that they had in fact opened and that It is very easy to determine whether or not Once again the seed was sown immediately. ing. I realised that the container would also need the seed had been dispersed over the floor of the seed of U. nelumbifolia is viable by closely This time the embryos were very obviously to be moved from beneath the lights as there my greenhouse. It was next to impossible to examining it to see if a green coloured green in colour and I was confident that they was a chance that the newly forming scape could collect so I left it where it fell. embryo is present within the spongy seed - had survived the trip. I received so many that I abort due to the heat produced by the lights. Several months on and the plants have suc - coat. These seeds had a distinct brownish gave away several portions during the annual I placed a reptile heat mat inside a rectan - cessfully negotiated their first summer of coloured embryo that did not appear to be VCPS show of 2004. Those that received them gular tray and put this onto the floor of my maturity and have comfortably filled the 6 inch very promising. had no luck growing them to maturity as far as greenhouse. A hexagonal glass terrarium con - mesh orchid basket they have been transplant - The embryos of U. nelumbifolia develop I am aware. taining the plant and a Heliamphora nutans as a ed to. From my experiences thus far it appears extremely quickly once placed in a moist Within hours of sowing, the embryos had companion was then placed on the mat. In this to be an easily cultivated species that is well environment. Within hours, the embryo breaks broken free of the seed coat and the small spi - position the terrarium would receive diffused worth adding to any collection. The stunning free of the seed coat to form a small spidery der-like plantlets carpeted the surface of the light for most of the day. The bottom heat flowers and large leaves will appeal even to plantlet. The day after I had sown the seed live sphagnum. The small 2 inch pot was placed from the mat created a much more humid those who don’t rate the Utricularia genus as there were no signs of life. Using a hand lens to inside a sealed plastic container which was then environment and kept the plants warm during highly as many of the other genera. examine the seed closely it was obvious it was placed under the bench of my greenhouse. The the cool nights preventing them from dropping in fact dead. plants grew very slowly throughout the rest of to the 2˚C minimum the rest of the green - References I contacted the supplier and explained what summer and when winter arrived, growth house was exposed to. Rivadavia, F. (1991). “ Utricularia nelumbifolia had happened. His plant was still flowering and ceased entirely. During winter many of the Within a couple of weeks the first flower Gardn. at last!”. ICPS Carnivorous Plant more seed would be available within a couple plants died. When only 3 seedlings remained I opened. The flower was very similar to those Newsletter, March 2001 Issue (#30:1). of weeks. He kindly offered to send some realised that drastic action was required. of Utricularia reniformis but slightly smaller Taylor, P. (1989). The Genus Utricularia – more. This time we decided that the best Two of the plantlets were removed from the and a different shade of purple. The lobes of a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bull. Additional method of sending the seed would be in a small pot and placed in a fresh pot of live sphagnum. the lower corolla were not quite as full and Series XIV. HMSO. London.

8 – VCPS VCPS – 9 Drosera praefolia from Onkaparinga National Park showing it variation in colour and shape. South Australian Drosera Carnivorous plants endemic to South Australia. Drosera praefolia from Onkaparinga National Park. Photos: Stephen Fretwell In search of Drosera praefolia STEPHEN FRETWELL got to the car and realised that it was cov - ered in ice. 10 minutes and three sets of n late July 2005 George Caspar, Julian freezing hands from scraping the ice off the Weston and I headed over to South windscreen later, we headed off. IAustralia in search of something a little After 4-5 hours of driving we crossed D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii different to our native Victorian carnivo - the Victoria/South Australia border. from Onkaparinga N.P. rous plants (CP’s). Our aim was to find Shortly afterwards we decided to stop on one of the rarer tuberous Drosera species, the side of the road near a town called Drosera praefolia . Kiki. It looked a good spot for a quick D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii D. macrantha ssp planchonii D. praefolia is an unusual plant which break and to have a look around as a fire from Talisker N.P. from Monarto C.P. along with a small number of other rosetted had recently burnt out the area. tuberous Drosera species flowers before it The burnt area was adjacent to a railway produces its leaf rosette. line and was extremely dry. After a couple of As none of us had been to South minutes searching we found our first Australia looking for CP’s before, we carnivorous plant, Drosera whittakerii ssp. allowed ourselves four days to look around aberrans . They were growing in large the Adelaide Hills and to catch up with a colonies in a variety of colours including few South Australian CP enthusiasts. green, bronze, red and maroon. The soil they were growing in was a fine, grey silica Day 1. sand and due to the dry conditions the plants We headed off at 6am on one of the cold - seemed stunted and were very small. The est mornings we’d had all winter. We majority of the plants grew to around 2cm D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii D. peltata var. folliosa from experienced the cold first hand when we in diameter, but were surprisingly healthy. from Anstey Hill C.P. from Monarto C.P. Kuitpo forest. 10 – VCPS VCPS – 11 But it wasn’t until half way around the track that we finally spotted something a little differ - ent growing by itself. The rosette of the plant was about 4.5cm in diameter and may have been D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii . It was larger than all the D. whittakerii ssp. aberrans that we’d seen at the start of the track which were only around 3cm in diameter. Unfortunately there were no flower buds on the plant and it was extremely difficult to determine if it actually was a Drosera whittakerii ssp. whittakerii . For me, the highlight of this Conservation The D. whittakerii ssp aberrans habitat burnt Park was the D. macrantha ssp. planchonii that out by fire near Kiki, South Australia. were found growing out in the open. They var - ied in size from 15cm to 45cm tall and were a nice deep burgundy colour that contrasted Left: D. macrantha ssp planchonii from Onkaparinga National Park. Centre: (pictured from against the white sand, which made them look Left) Richard, Julian and George trekking through the bush at Onkaparinga National Park. sensational. Right: D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii from Anstey National Park in flower. It was getting late in the day when we’d fin - ished our search at the Monarto Conservation whittakerii ssp. whittakerii , but mixed in with them had received a lot of light, the 3 species of Park, so we headed directly to our accommo - were a couple of different looking plants. Drosera had attained spectacular colouration. dation at Belair which was a good hour away. Richard informed us to our delight that these The next location Richard took us was the were in fact D. praefolia . Kuitpo Forest to see Drosera peltata var. foliosa . Day 2. The D. praefolia had a narrow petiole with They were still at the basal rosetted stage and On the second day we’d organised to meet spoon shaped leaves and looked similar to were growing in a wide, open area between the reknowned South Australian grower Fred small plants of D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii . We pine plantations. The area looked like it had Howell. Fred is an incredibly experienced CP checked for the remnants of flowers or seed been cleared, was clay based and colonised by enthusiast and has a great collection of plants pods under the leaves of a couple of plants but short grasses. The basal rosettes of the D. praefolia grown by Fred Howell which that he grows and sells. Fred grows most none were present. D. peltata var. foliosa looked similar to the plants was a massive 11cm in diameter. genera of CP and had some fantastic plants. A We also found a couple of Drosera auriculata found in Victoria but Richard informed us that Several hours later we reached the number of these plants were dormant as it plants nearby, just breaking the soil surface. they’re a squat form that only grow one to two Monarto Conservation Park which had been was winter, but the ones that were in active These turned out to be the only ones we saw all inches tall. We also found D. whittakerii ssp. recommended to us. The area is known to be growth were looking great. trip as they generally emerge later in the year. whittakerii growing along the side of the planta - the home of some unusual forms of D. whit - We saw our first D. praefolia at Fred’s. It As we walked along the track D. whittakerii tions where some natural bush remained. takerii that we were keen to locate. The was a huge plant. I measured the diameter and ssp. whittakerii , D. praefolia and D. macrantha Monarto Conservation Park has a short walk - it was an impressive 11cm! I hadn’t realised ssp. planchonii became quite common and were Day 3. ing track which forms a loop and the soil is that they could grow as large as that! Fred said easily spotted on the side of the track and in We headed off early in the morning to attend a composed of fine, white silica sand. he’d been growing it for many years and by the the light scrub. field trip organised by Fred at Anstey Hill After walking about 5m along the track we look of it, it thrives in his conditions. Most of the plants we saw were medium in Conservation Park. On the way we made a spotted D. whittakerii ssp. aberrans and Drosera While we were with Fred he accompanied size, D. praefolia and D. whittakerii ssp. whittak - quick detour to visit Brian Denton’s CP collec - macrantha ssp. planchonii growing amongst and introduced us to a couple of other CP erii were 4-5cm across and Drosera macrantha tion. Brian has a very impressive collection of small shrubs. We stopped and had a brief look, growers. We were able to see the collections ssp. planchonii grew to only 20-30cm tall. tuberous Drosera , most of which were growing but they appeared similar to the commonly of John Yates and Richard Davion and after - Richard suggested that the smaller than usual in 8” pots or larger. He also has a nice collec - encountered Victorian forms so we moved on. wards Richard kindly offered to guide us to few size of the plants was most likely due to the tion of Nepenthes growing in hanging baskets As we continued along the track we sites where D. praefolia grew. lack of rain received in the area over winter. which were all looking good with large pitchers. managed to find several terrestrial orchid The first location Richard led us was the The soil they were growing in was clay based After checking out Brians collection we species ( Pterostylis spp.) in flower as well as a Onkaparinga National Park. We’d only walked a and quite firm. There was a considerable headed to Anstey Hill Conservation Park where Stumpytail lizard ( Trachydosaurus rugosus ) couple of metres along a path when we spotted amount of light coming through the open we met a few other CP enthusiasts who were which we photographed. a nice patch of sundews. The majority were D. canopy of the Eucalypts above. In areas they there in search of some local native plants.

12 – VCPS VCPS – 13 After our field trip we headed off with that we saw on the entire trip. Perhaps it was Richard who took us to another site to find a due to the open conditions or the soil, but the slightly different form of D. praefolia . It didn’t colours were intense and varied from green, take us long. This form was twice as large as copper, bronze, red, to a deep burgundy. others we’d seen and measured 9-10cm in It was definitely a unique habitat and the lat - diameter. Most of the plants were growing eritic clay areas had barren patches where no underneath small shrubs in heavy shade. plants grew at all. Eucalypts were the domi - Growing amongst the D. praefolia in the clay nant trees of the area. Small shrubs were also based soil we also found large D. whittakerii ssp. present, but there was an absence of grass at whittakerii which were around 6cm in diame - this location. ter. These looked similar to the plants we saw As we looked around we also managed to at Anstey Hill. As light began to fade we find some nice red plants of D. macrantha ssp. dropped Richard off at home and thanked him planchonii which were also growing out in the for all his help, then headed south to our open. They were about 20-30cm in length and ACPS members: Donovan, Richard, John and A D. praefolia plant we found in the wild accommodation at Second Valley. scrambled across the ground. After exploring Gordon who came on the field trip with us. growing in heavy shade, that measured 9cm. the lateritic area we also had a look through the We walked around Anstey Hill for a couple Day 4. surrounding bush where we found both species of hours and managed to locate some nice On our last day we initially wanted to visit again. These plants were both slightly larger and populations of D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii in Deep Creek National Park, but due to the greener most likely due to the filtered, lower flower. These plants were the largest exam - immense size of the park, difficult access and light conditions. ples of D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii that we’d time restraints we decided to visit Talisker After Talisker we commenced our journey seen during the trip. Most of these plants were Conservation Park instead which was 5-10km home. On the way we made a slight detour to green and growing amongst short grasses in a from Deep Creek. At Talisker we’d been visit Scott Conservation Park. Unfortunately clay soil. informed that there were some interesting we could only spend an hour at this park but The highlight though was the D. whittakerii CP’s with nice colouration growing in a lat - it looked very promising. We managed to find ssp. whittakerii plants with multiple open flowers. eritic soil. D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii and D. macrantha I found one plant that had 5 flowers and it Once there, we drove down a dirt road ssp. planchonii very easily, they were quite looked spectacular. Further along the track we until we reached an open area where the soil common along the track we took. This time The lateritic habitat at Talisker. also found D. macrantha ssp. planchonii . Most changed into an orange lateritic clay. We we found them growing in their other pre - of these plants had a reddish tinge and were stopped the car immediately and jumped out ferred substrate, which was fine silica sand. The species of CP that have been recorded generally 20-30cm in height, a few of these to look around and found D. whittakerii ssp. There were some very impressive flowers in South Australia are: Drosera auriculata, plants had open flowers too. whittakerii straight away. on some of the D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii D. binata, D. glanduligera, D. indica, D. macrantha Although we didn’t find them, Drosera The plants we found varied in size and were plants. I measured a couple of these flowers ssp planchonii, D. peltata var. peltata, D. peltata auriculata, D. peltata, D. glanduligera and generally 3-5cm in diameter but the coloura - and they were 3-3.5cm in diameter which var. foliosa, D. praefolia, D. pygmaea, D. pygmaea can also be found at Anstey Hill. tion of these plants was the most spectacular looked stunning against the rosette of the plant D. stricticaulis, D. whittakerii ssp. aberrans, which was only about 5cm in diameter. We D. whittakerii ssp. whittakerii, Utricularia australis, only managed to find two species at Scott U. dichotoma, U. beaugleholei, U. gibba, Conservation Park but perhaps a little later in U. lateriflora, U. tenella and U. violacea . Carnivorous Plants the year Drosera auriculata, D. peltata, D. glan - Allen Lowrie duligera and D. pygmaea could also be found as Acknowledgments: the habitat looked like it would also suit them. I would like to thank Richard Davion for his Drosera, tuberous Drosera, tropical perennial Drosera, pygmy Drosera, Overall, we had a very successful trip finding assistance and being our CP guide. Fred Cephalotus, Utricularia, CP seed, Orchids and Trigger plants. the two species of Drosera which were our Howell for hosting us, allowing us to see his *Tuberous Drosera sold when dormant Nov-late March. objectives and had never seen before in the collection and organising the field trip. Brian *Pygmy Drosera sold as gemmae (vegative buds) over 3 months. May-June. wild. Although we only saw 5 species in full Denton for letting us visit his collection and Allen Lowrie, 6 Glenn Place Duncraig, 6023. Western Australia growth in their natural habitat, we did manage providing us with locations to visit. Colin Phone: 08 9447 7426 + 61 8 9447 7426 (Overseas) Fax: 08 9246 9335 + 61 8 9246 9335 (Overseas) to catch D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii and Clayton, Greg Bourke and Sean Spence for helping with CP locations and George and Please inquire about Catalogue. D. macrantha ssp planchonii in full flower and D. praefolia at its best, looking superb. Julian for a great adventure in South Australia.

14 – VCPS VCPS – 15 The 2006 Nepenthes display. Utricularia paulineae The 2006 Sarracenia display. VCPS 2005 Annual show The champion plants of 2005. H. nutans grown by Jenny Brownfield. The members of the VCPS put on a fantastic display for our 2005 show. VCPS 2005 Annual show SHOW JUDGING RESULTS 3/12/2005

SECTION A Grand champion 2 Ron Abernethy – S. flava var. cuprea Paul Edwards – Dionaea muscipula "f. Goliath" 3 Ron Abernethy – S. flava "f. Red Tube" x flava var. rugelii SECTION B Reserve champion Sean Spence – Drosophyllum lusitanicum Class 3 Nepenthes 1 Paul Edwards – N. villosa SECTION C Memorial trophies 2 Stuart McIlroy – N. veitchii "f. lowland" Best novice grower 3 Andre Cleghorn – N. maxima B "f. Wavy Leaf" (Howard Smallwood memorial trophy) Class 4 Dionaea Mackenzie Kwak – potted Darlingtonia californica in 1 Paul Edwards – D. muscipula "f. Goliath" sphagnum moss in a fish tank. Grand Champion: Reserve Champion: 1st place: Best Sarracenia 2 Sean Spence – D. muscipula "f. Big Mouth" 3 Sean Spence – D. muscipula ‘Akai Ryu’ Dionaea muscipula “Goliath” Drosophyllum lustanicum Brocchinia reducta (Mike McCarthy memorial trophy ) Peter Bloem – Sarracenia alata "f. Red" x Class 5 Cephalotus S. flava "f. Red Throat Green Lid" 1 Sean Spence 2 Gordon Ohlenrott SECTION D 3 Peter Anderson INDIVIDUAL DISPLAY OR TERRARIUM No entries Class 6 Pygmy Drosera (species only) SECTION E 1 Sean Spence – D. lasiantha CARNIVOROUS PLANT SPECIES 2 Stephen Fretwell – D. paleacea ssp roseana Class 1 Prostrate Sarracenia 3 Sean Spence – D. ericksoniae 1 Ron Abernethy – S. purpurea ssp. purpurea Class 7a Tuberous Drosera 2 Paul Edwards – S. purpurea ssp. venosa (as per judging at August 2004 monthly meeting) 3 Jenny Brownfield – S. purpurea ssp. venosa 1 Stephen Fretwell – D. moorei Class 2 Upright Sarracenia 2 Sean Spence – D. platypoda P. moranensis “huahuapan” Drosera glabripes Nepenthes veitchii 1 Stephen Fretwell – S. minor "f. Okefenokee Giant" 3 Stephen Fretwell – D. pauciflora

16 – VCPS VCPS – 17 Class 7b Tuberous Drosera Class 1 Sarracenia hybrid SECTION I (at this show)(individual species) 1 Peter Bloem – S. alata "f. Red" x S. flava Carnivorous plant photograph 1 Stephen Fretwell – D. gigantea ssp gigantea "f. Red Throat Green Lid" 1 Stuart McIlroy – Nepenthes thorelii x 2 Ron Abernethy – D. gigantea ssp gigantea 2 Jenny Brownfield – S. (flava x purpurea ssp. (stenophylla x lowii) 3 Stephen Fretwell – D. whittakerii ssp aberrans venosa) x alata 2 Stuart McIlroy – Drosera ordensis 3 Jenny Brownfield – S. oreophila x 3 Stuart McIlroy – Nepenthes “Vecta” Class 8a Other temperate purpurea ssp. venosa climate Drosera Class 2 Nepenthes hybrid 1 Sean Spence – D. regia 1 Stuart McIlroy – N. bicalcarata "f. Red" x SHOW SUMMARY GORDON OHLENROTT 2 Sean Spence – D. slackii (northiana x veitchii) The following table summarises the VCPS 2005 3 Sean Spence – D. ascendans 2 Stuart McIlroy – N. truncata x stenophylla show results in the same manner as for the Class 8b Tropical Drosera 3 Gordon Ohlenrott – N. thorelii x densiflora Olympic Games medal tallies. The Drosera display. 1 David Bond – D. paradoxa "f. Red" Class 3 Pinguicula hybrids 1st 2nd 3rd Total 2 Andre Cleghorn – D. schizandra 1 Sean Spence – P. gigantea x clone 18N2 Sean Spence 66820 3 Sean Spence – D. adelae 2 Sean Spence – P. moranensis “Huahuapan” Stuart McIlroy 44210 Class 9 Pinguicula 3 Stephen Fretwell – P. moctezumae x gigantea Stephen Fretwell 333 9 1 Sean Spence – P. planifolia Class 4 Any other hybrids Paul Edwards 310 4 2 Sean Spence – P. laueana “SP1” 1 Jenny Brownfield – Heliamphora minor x 3 Sean Spence – P. moranensis heterodoxa Ron Abernethy 232 7 var. neovolcanica “Pico de Orizaba” 2 Stuart McIlroy – Heliamphora minor x heterodoxa Jenny Brownfield 112 4 Class 10 Utricularia or Genlisea 3 Sean Spence – Drosera x snyderi x coccicaulis David Bond 100 1 George Caspar 100 1 1 Paul Edwards – Utricularia reniformis (many SECTION H Peter Bloem 100 1 flower stems) Triffid Park Award for Excellence D. californica (left) and C. berteroniana. 2 Stephen Fretwell – Utricularia sp. “Bainskloo f” Gordon Ohlenrott – An 8" pot having the letters Andre Cleghorn 012 3 3 Sean Spence – Utricularia nephrophylla 'VCPS' laid out in pygmy Drosera dichrosepala plants Gordon Ohlenrott 011 2 Class 11 Byblis or Drosophyllum with a background of moist powdered Peter Anderson 011 2 1 Sean Spence – Drosophyllum lusitanicum peat moss. No other entries Class 12 Darlingtonia 1 Ron Abernethy PitcherPlantFever.com 2 Ron Abernethy 3 Ron Abernethy Importing rare pitcher plants for Australians. Class 13 Heliamphora 1 Stuart McIlroy – H. nutans Distributor for Borneo Exotics and Malesiana Tropicals. The Nepenthes display. 2 Peter Anderson – H. tatei ssp. tatei 3 Stuart McIlroy – H. nutans Enquiries to [email protected] Class 14 Any other carnivorous plant species 1 Stuart McIlroy – Brocchinia reducta SOUTHERN CARNIVORES 2 Stephen Fretwell – Catopsis berteroniana “Guatemala” http://www.scarnivores.com 3 Andre Cleghorn – Brocchinia reducta [email protected] Class 15 Roridula 1 George Caspar – R. gorgonias P.O.Box 193 Harvey, W.A. 6220 2 Sean Spence – R. gorgonias Contact Phil for a wide range of exotic and rare No other entries Nepenthes species and hybrids . SECTION F Centre: D. regia, right: D. gigantea ssp gigantea CARNIVOROUS PLANT HYBRIDS Drosera, Pinguicula and Cephalotus also available.

18 – VCPS VCPS – 19 TRIFFID PARK 257 PERRY ROAD, KEYSBOROUGH, VIC, 3173, AUSTRALIA PHONE: 61 (03) 9769 1663, 11am to 5pm Monday to Thursday ONLY Our Other Publications FAX: 61 (03) 9701 5816, 24 hours, 7 days per week EMAIL: [email protected] GORDON OHLENROTT knowledge necessary for successful cultivation WEB: www.triffidpark.com.au of the various CPs. It gives general knowledge Owned and operated by Colin and Tina Clayton. Managed by Donna ClaytonSmith. CPS published two books for assistance tips and techniques, and a description of the to carnivorous plant growers, as fol - requirements in the various genera. FOR ALL YOUR CARNIVOROUS PLANT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING: Vlows: Carnivorous Plants – Total For those that have this book already – this PLANTS, POTS, LABELS, BOOKS, SEEDS, Listing' (90 pages), is a complete listing of all is not a new version, but a reprint of the pre - SPHAGNUM MOSS AND PEAT MOSS carnivorous plants known to exist worldwide. vious issue. WRITE, PHONE, FAX OR EMAIL TRIFFID PARK FOR A FREE COLOUR The primary classification is the various CP Each book consists of A4 page size and MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE OR VIEW OUR COMPREHENSIVE WEB SITE. genera, and within each of them the species bound using a loose-leaf plastic comb binding, You are most welcome to visit Triffid Park, but please organize this with us first, (together with sub-species, varieties and so that they will lie flat at any page you may as sales and inspection are by appointment ONLY. forms), named hybrids, and the synonyms wish to have opened while you are doing (superseded names), are listed in alphabetic something else. Each book has textual content order. As well as providing you with knowl - only: we feel that the inclusion of photographs NEWS edge of existence of all the plants, it gives you would necessarily make the books much larg - We have booked in this years Open Day for Sunday 29th October, from 12pm – their exact spelling, and a means to judge the er; and much more expensive to produce and Colin’s 65th Birthday – so put it in your diary now and make sure you don’t miss it. authenticity of CPs you may see in nurseries post. Various Internet sites have a photo During the months of May – August we are having a huge 20% OFF SELECTED or in advertisements. gallery for viewing photographs of the plants BOOK SALE. So visit our web site, or write for a free catalogue, and don’t miss out The latest version, updated at 31 August (without having to pay any copyrights). on these bargains. Also on our web site and in our catalogue we have some new 2005, has 141 new entries and 25 modified The price of these books for non-members ‘Specials Packs’ to help you with your choice of carnivorous plants and books, and to entries – these are listed in the History of in Australia is $15. This is discounted to $10 save you money. Each new catalogue we will offer different ‘Specials Packs’ for sale. Changes in the back for easy reference. The for VCPS members within Australia. For over - GIFT VOUCHERS are now available. Tell your friends and family, so if they don’t new and changeable information is obtained seas postage the cost of this must be passed know what to get you for your birthday, they can purchase you a gift voucher to Triffid from various other publications and from on to the requesting person – please add Park for use on plants, books or anything else in our large range that we sell. sources on the internet on a continuing basis. AU$7.00 for postage to New Zealand or Earlier this year Colin and Tina visited Sri Lanka to discover what wonders this ‘Guide to Growing Carnivorous Plants’ (62 southeast Asia or similar destinations, and country has to offer and of course see it’s carnivorous plants. There are 18 species, pages), is aimed at helping the novice gain the AU$10 for USA, Europe, or United Kingdom. comprising 3 families that are indigenous to Sri Lanka – Drosera, Nepenthes and Utricularia. As well as 2 species of sub-carnivorous plants that have become natural - ized in Sri Lanka. They found Nepenthes distillatoria and drank the miraculous proper - Carnivorous and Unusual Seeds. ties of the liquid found in un-opened pitchers. F.J. & E.M. Howell. WANTED TO BUY 3 Normandy Ave, Parra Hills. S.A. 5096 I am wanting to buy small quantities of unusual and interesting carnivorous plants to Phone.: (08) 8264 2825 sell on to my mail order customers. Basically anything that we don’t have in our cata - logue/website. It may be a common Drosera to you, but highly sought after around the Fred offers a wide variety of plants and seeds. world! If you have anything that you think may be of interest, please write, fax or Sarracenia, Drosera, Utricularia, Pinguicula, Nepenthes, Dionaea and more. email me a list of what you have available. Contact him for his latest list of stock available. Please do not phone, as I need to sit and look at a list in my own time.

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