Collectors’ Plant Fair (2020) has been postponed until further notice due to the Australian Government’s COVID-19 response.
Stay safe, everyone!
Welcome to the official web site of the Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society.
The Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society meets on the second Friday of each month at:
Woodstock Community Centre
22 Church Street
Burwood
NSW 2134
Time: 7.30 pm—10.00 pm
(car park access via Fitzroy Street)
The Brisbane chapter of the Society meets on the first Friday of each month:
Kenmore Library,
Brookfield Road
Kenmore
Time: 7.00 pm—10.00 pm
The Canberra chapter of the Society meets on the first Friday of each month:
Downer Community Hall
Frencham Place
Downer
Time: 7.30 pm—10.00 pm
Our postal address is:
PO Box 70
Burwood
N.S.W. 1805
Back issues (PDF) of FlyTrap News and Carniflora Australis can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate tabs in the menu bar above.
We have a Facebook page.
We also have a YouTube channel.
Full download: Carniflora News – March 2020 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News – February 2020 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News – January 2020 (PDF)
This will be our first year at this show. Do come and see us!
Event:
Cactus and Succulent Society of NSW, Inc. Spring Show, 2019
When:
Saturday, 23rd November 2019, Open 9:00am until 3:30pm
Where:
Philip Charley Pavilion
Hawkesbury Showground, Racecourse Rd, Clarendon
Entry fee:
$5
Full download: Carniflora News, November 2019 (PDF)
The Society will be an exhibitor at the Southern Orchid Spectacular this weekend. This is the first time we’re attending the Show.
Where:
Sutherland Basketball Stadium
Waratah Park Old Princess Hwy, Sutherland, NSW 2232
When:
Friday 11 October 2019, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday 12 October 2019, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday 13 October 2019, 9:00am to 2:00pm
Tickets:
Adult $5
Buses: $4
Children under 15 years old: Free
The Southern Orchid Spectacular is presented by the Orchid Society of NSW in conjunction with Eastern Suburbs Orchid Society and Sutherland Shire Orchid Society.
Download the flyer here (PDF, Orchid Society of NSW site).
Full download: Carniflora News, October 2019 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, August 2019 (PDF)
Heliamphora and Cephalotus (PDF)
AUSCPS Canberra Meeting, August 2019.
Growing carnivorous plants in bog gardens (PDF)
A presentation by John Nielsen
AUSCPS Canberra meeting, July 2019
Full download: Carniflora News, July 2019 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, June 2019 (PDF)
The Society will be at Stall 76 this year, on the lawn in front of the Grandstand. See you there!
Saturday April 6, 8am to 4pm
Sunday April 7, 9am to 4pm
Hawkesbury Race Club
1 Racecourse Road
Clarendon NSW
Visit the Collectors’ Plant Fair page here.
Download a map here.
Full download: Carniflora News, April 2019 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, March 2019 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, January 2019 (PDF)
The Society will be at the KSA Koi, Pet and Garden Show this year.
When:
Sunday 20 May 2018
0900 — 1600
Where:
Fairfield Showground
Smithfield Road
Prairiewood
NSW
We hope to see you there.
Full download: Carniflora News, May 2018 (PDF)
The Society will be at Stall 67 this year, on the lawn in front of the Grandstand. See you there!
Saturday April 7, 8am to 4pm
Sunday April 8, 9am to 4pm
Hawkesbury Race Club
1 Racecourse Road
Clarendon NSW
For more information, visit the Collectors’ Plant Fair site.
Full download: Carniflora News, March 2018 (PDF)
The Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society will be at the Penrith Reptile Expo this weekend.
Sunday 04 March 2018
0900 to 1600hrs
Penrith Panthers Marquee
Mulgoa Road
Penrith
NSW 2750
This will be our first attendance at the Reptile Expo. We’d like to thank the Hawkesbury Herpetological Society for inviting us to participate.
Full download: Carniflora News, February 2018 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, January 2018 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, December 2017 (PDF)
Full download (this links to the blog as there is an issue with uploads on this site): Carniflora News, November 2017.
Full download (this links to the blog as there is an issue with uploads on this site): Carniflora News, October 2017.
Full download (this links to the blog as there is an issue with uploads on this site): Carniflora News, Spetember 2017 (PDF)
Full download: Carniflora News, August 2017 (PDF)
Drosera erythrorhiza ssp. squamosa
by Kirk Hirsch
Drosera erythrorhiza ssp. squamosa
Drosera erythrorhiza ssp. squamosa is striking with its colourful red band around the leaf margin. The larger leaf, flat rosette tuberous sundew also glistens in the morning dew.
Sundews and bladderworts: Discover Tasmanian native carnivorous plants
By Paul McIntyre
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Darren Cullen’s collection of flesh-hungry flora ranges from the commonly found and produced carnivores to rare endemic plants.
“We get people travelling here to see Tasmanian carnivorous plants,” he said.
“I pick them up from Hobart Airport, drive two minutes, pull over — it’s that easy.
“We have two genera of carnivorous plants here, Drosera and Utricularia, otherwise known as sundews and bladderworts.
“You grow bladderworts for their amazing flowers as the traps are underground.”
Full download: Carniflora News, July 2017 (PDF)
Nepenthes Red Leopard a.k.a. Nepenthes ventricosa-squat x maxima
Nepenthes Red Leopard, a.k.a. Nepenthes ventricosa-squat x maxima, is a fast-growing hybrid developed by Geoff and Andrea Mansell. From the International Nepenthes Grex registry:
N. Red Leopard (ventricosa-squat x maxima)
Female parent: N. ventricosa squat
Male parent: N. maxima
Breeder: Geoff & Andrea Mansell, Exotica Plants
Registrant: Geoff & Andrea Mansell, Exotica Plants
Pollination date: 1989-10-1
Registration date: 2008-7-8
Status: Registered
Notes: The female parent is a squat variety of N. ventricosa.
Intermediate pitcher, Nepenthes Red Leopard
Full download:
Carniflora News, June 2017 (PDF).
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Help identify this Nepenthes hybrid
Can anyone identify this Nepenthes hybrid? The vines are spindly and pitcher/make offsets very prolifically. The pitchers are dainty and grow to about 15cm long. The plant has been tentatively identified as N. tobaica x thorelii; a consensus would be welcome.
Help identify this Nepenthes hybrid
