THE AUSTRALASIAN CARNIVOROUS PLANTS SOCIETY INC. CARNIFLORA NEWS A.B.N. 65 467 893 226 AUGUST 2019 Pinguicula flowers. Photographed and arranged by David Colbourn Nepenthes ‘St Pacificus’. Photographed by Jenelle Gavin Welcome to Carniflora News, a newsletter produced by the Australasian Carnivorous CALENDAR Plants Society Inc. that documents the meetings, news and events of the Society. AUGUST The current committee of the Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. comprises: 2nd August 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra featuring Cephalotus and Heliamphora 9th August 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Pinguicula SEPTEMBER COMMITTEE 6th September 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra featuring Pinguicula and Utricularia 13th September 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Nepenthes President - Wesley Fairhall [email protected] OCTOBER 5th October 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra featuring Nepenthes 11-13th October 2019 - Southern Orchid Spectacular Vice President - Barry Bradshaw 12th October 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Summer growing Drosera [email protected] NOVEMBER Treasurer - David Colbourn 1st November 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra featuring Sarracenia [email protected] 8th November 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Sarracenia and Darlingtonia TBA - Triffid Park open day Secretary - Kirk ‘Füzzy’ Hirsch DECEMBER [email protected] TBA - December 2019 - VCPS annual show, Collector’s Corner, Melbourne 6th December 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra - Christmas Party and Plant Show General Committee Member - Sean Polivnick 13th December 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney - Christmas Party and Plant Show [email protected] JANUARY 3rd January 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra FEBRUARY DELEGATES 7th February 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra 14th February 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Dionaea (VFT) MARCH Journal Editor - Dr. Robert Gibson Sydney Coordinator - Wesley Fairhall 6th March 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra [email protected] 13th March 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Byblis, Drosophyllum and Roridula Newsletter Editor - David Colbourn Sydney Coordinator - Kirk Hirsch APRIL [email protected] [email protected] 3rd April 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra 10th April 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Utricularia, Aldrovanda and Public Officer - Kirk Hirsch Brisbane Coordinator - Brent Jones Genlisea [email protected] [email protected] TBA - Collectors’ Plant Fair, Clarendon, N.S.W. 13th April 2020 - Royal Easter Show - Carnivorous Plant Competition Website Manager - Marina Chong Brisbane Coordinator - Vacant MAY 1st May 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra 8th May 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Cephalotus and Heliamphora Social Media Coordinator - Glen Moss Canberra Coordinator - Barry Bradshaw [email protected] JUNE 5th June 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra 12th June 2020 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney featuring Carnivorous bromeliads Merchandise Manager - David Colbourn Canberra Coordinator - Chris Duffy [email protected] JULY 3rd July 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Canberra Events Coordinator - Jeremy Aitken Canberra Coordinator - Robert Little 10th July 2019 - AUSCPS meeting - Sydney & AGM featuring Winter growing Drosera Seed Bank Manager - Ian Woolf Library Manager - Glenn Carson [email protected] [email protected] NEWS CARNIFLORA AUSTRALIS The September edition of Carniflora Australis, our bi- MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL yearly journal, is currently being compiled. If you Membership of the Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. (AUSCPS) is due now. would like to contribute to the journal with articles, Membership to the Society is $25 per calendar year, or $35 if you require printed letters, photographs and drawings, please contact Dr. journals with your membership. The AUSCPS is a not for profit organisation that Robert Gibson at [email protected]. or via our promotes the conservation and cultivation of carnivorous plants in Australia and abroad. postal address. Contributions to the journal may be submitted on CD, DVD, pen drive or by email. Use Microsoft Word whenever possible. ICPS CONFERNCE Membership entitles you to two editions of our journal, Carniflora Australis, 12 editions The ICPS Conference 2020 will be held in Himeji City, of our monthly newsletter, Carniflora News, subsidised seed from our seed bank, Hyogo Prefecture from Friday, May 22 to Sunday, discounts off books and other merchandise, access to our free library and access to sell May 24, 2020. It will be a three day conference plants at meetings and fairs attended by the Society. A membership form is attached to covering a wide range of topics uch as scientific/ this newsletter with instructions on how to make payment. academic research, horticulture, conservation, etc. There will be plant displays and sales booths, including a Japanese top-class CP nursery, will be A.G.M. SUMMARY available in the same building during the conference. The AUSCPS AGM was held on the 12th July at our Sydney meeting. All committee The conference banquet is to be held on May 23 at a near-by restaurant, where you can positions were vacated with elections held for new committee members. Wesley Fairhall enjoy a good mix of Japanese and Western cuisines together with an impressive was returned as President, Kirk Hirsch was returned as Secretary, David Colbourn was nighttime view of Himeji Castle. returned as Treasurer. Barry Bradshaw is now the Society’s Vice President and Sean The conference will also have a number of trips planned. On May 25, a special day trip Polivnick is our new General Committee Member. Thank you to our volunteers and is planned to the Hyogo Prefectural Flower Center. On May 26, attendees will be treated members who voted to ensure the sound operation of the Society. A report from the to an excursion to see the local habitats of Drosera rotundifolia, D. tokaiensis, and D. President and Treasurer is attached to this newsletter. lunata, and maybe a few Utricularia, and then a trip to Tokyo for an overnight stay. On the following day (May 27), attendees will visit the habitat of Pinguicula ramosa, the Japanese endemic butterwort, on Mt. Nyoho, Nikko City. The 2020 ICPS Conference FUND RAISING RAFFLE will be hosted by the three Japanese CP societies: The Japanese Carnivorous Plant The AUSCPS is holding a new raffle for 2019. The prize is a copy of Redfern Natural Society (JCPS), The Carnivorous Plant Exploration Society (CPES), and The Tokai History’s limited edition Cephalotus - the Albany Pitcher Plant. Tickets are $2 each or Carnivorous Plant Society (TCPS). These 3 societies mainly cover the Kanto, Kansai, three for $5. Sales will be available at our meetings or online via PayPal. Just use the and Tokai regions, respectively, and have been collaborating with each other and payment instructions on our membership form and indicate the purchase is for raffle contributing to the prevalence and awareness of carnivorous plants in Japan. More tickets. The raffle will be drawn at the Sydney meeting next February. information may be found at https://www.carnivorousplants.org RECOMMENCEMENT OF THE LIBRARY MEETINGS IN PERTH The Society has a vast collection of journals from around the world along with a couple The AUSCPS has been informally seeking interest from members and friends in of books about carnivorous plants. As such we are bringing back our library available to Western Australia to participate in the establishment of meetings in the Perth area. We members on a trial basis. It is expected the library will visit our branches on a rotation have received significant interest from people wanting to attend such meetings on a basis. If you have any books that you would like to donate, please contact your branch regular basis. The Committee has given approval to formally seek a team of members to co-ordinators or David at [email protected]. find a suitable venue and commence monthly meetings under the banner of the AUSCPS. To date, no one has made themselves available. If you would like to be DONATION OF STAINED GLASS TERRARIUM FEATURING NEPENTHES involved in the commencement and establishment of meetings in Perth, please contact Kirstie Wulf has donated a stained glass terrarium to the Society to go to a member who David at [email protected]. will be able to restore it. The terrarium is 70cm long, 30cm wide and 45cm tall. It has a large hinging lid and side vent that needs to be restored with the hinges requiring to be reset into the lead. If you are interested in this terrarium, contact Dave at NEWSLETTER PHOTOS [email protected]. The recipient will be determined by raffle ticket drawn at the August We are looking to expand our file of quality photographs used in the newsletter. If you Sydney meeting where the terrarium may be collected. The terrarium may be delivered have any photos that you think may be suitable for publication in the newsletter, please to Canberra in September if required. Photos of the terrarium have been posted to our forward them to [email protected] Facebook page. MEETINGS BRISBANE The Brisbane chapter of the AUSCPS is currently on hold with Alan Haase stepping The Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society holds meetings in Queensland, New South down due to work commitments. Brent Jones is looking at finding an alternative venue. If Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Meetings are a great place for members and you would like to assist in hosting the meetings, please contact Brent at friends to socialise, share experiences, and buy, swap and sell Carnivorous plants. [email protected] Meetings are friendly and informative and cater for the experienced grower or new collector to the hobby. Occasionally, we have guest presenters who will give a talk on CANBERRA their adventures discovering Carnivorous Plants in the wild, or how best to cultivate The Canberra chapter of the AUSCPS meets at 7:30pm on the first Friday of each them in your environment. month at the Downer Community Hall, Frencham Place, Downer, A.C.T. Call Barry if you have any questions about attending this meeting (0417 219477). We hope you are able to attend one of our meetings and enjoy the fellowship of other enthusiasts for these wonderful plants.