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I won two cuttings worth of N. reinwardtiana vine at the BACPS meeting's raffle about five months ago. I read that this species is easy to root, and indeed, both cuttings rooted, and have now pitchered. Here's the better one, and I'm very please for a first pitcher size! It does have the...

Spec and I traded some cuttings at the last BACPS show, and he gave me a small N. maxima cutting in a tiny pot of lfs. I didn't have too much hope for it, but it stayed alive and grew a new leaf or two. I just got home from a long weekend at Lake Tahoe, and found that the darn thing is...

OK..once upon a BACPS meeting I bought a S. Flava which had a D.Capensis and an unknown Utric in the small 3" pot. Now what a month later? The Utric blossomed and its a U.Bisquamata, and under old cut off pitchers I found a tiny D.Intermedia..and to top it all off it's stuck with tons of live...

I haven't checked the laws Regarding this species in a while..but I believe I have the right to trade within state, please correct me if I'm wrong. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sry but CA traders only..Looking for D.Regia preferably an...

I got a S. Oreophia at the BACPS meeting at the raffle! John picked my ticket! (hoot hoot!!) Anyways it's a foot and a half tall with 3 to 5 plants in the pot! YAY!!! I'm now in "semi-newb" status!

Hi, I got a 1 inch one at bacps, and there isn't much information about this plant on the internet. I know how to care for it since I asked peter d'amato at cc, but does anyone have any information about the plant? Thanks, Matt

I'm planning on attending my first Bay Area Carnivoruous Plant Society meeting this Saturday at the UC Botanical Gardens. I'm hoping to see lots of nice CP's and perhaps see some good deals on some affordable ones. I'd be interested in hearing from those that are planning on going or those...

Location: University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley Date: This Sunday, April 18, 2004 Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m. Ch'ien Lee, formerly with Malesiana Tropicals (a nursery located in North-West Borneo, specializing in exotic and tropical plants), is in town for a few weeks and would like to...

http://users4.ev1.net/~janewang/bacps/nextmtg.html WINTER MEETING, February 28th, 2004 Location: University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley Date: February 28, 2004, Saturday Time: 12:00 Noon Program: Peter D'Amato and Damon Collingsworth speaking on California native CP bogs. An...

There is a Bay Area Carnivorous Plant society meeting coming up a week from Saturday! Anyone who can should come check it out. There is always a good sale, raffle, silent auctions, etc. I'll be bringing lots of stuff for trade/donation. Here's some more info: Location: University of California...

I saw this in the BACPS newsletter and I thought I'd share it. ASSISTING NEPENTHES TO FORM LARGE PITCHERS Zach Lim zdude111@hotmail.com I, and a few others, have found a way to increase the pitcher size in Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plants). By adding a layer of...

Hi, I was doing some research and discovered that a few people have stated that D.cuneifolia is indeed D.admirablis (spelling?). I have been seeking cuneifolia for quite some time, and at the BACPS plant sale/show, a vendor was selling admirablis. If I would have bought a pot, would I have...

Hi all anyone know how to make casings out of plexiglass? I saw a Nep in one, at the BACPS meeting and I thought it was cool. And I wanted to know if anyone else uses plexiglass as a contaner or mini terrarium. I want to look in to it so I can grow my Neps. in them, or maybe other plants that...

Today was the quarterly BACPS meeting at UCBC It was by far the most confusing mess I've ever seen   Due to horrendous traffic I didn't make it for the raffle but I do know that many heliamphora where donated to it also Zach Lim (Cephalotus88 ) donated at least a U.Gibba there were more...

Hello, THe Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society will be holding a CP Show and Sale on August 23rd at UC Berkley. There will be tons of plants for trade/sale and tons of plants being showed off. I will be there with a plant booth. Hope to see you guys there -Zach

Hey, I was sitting around putting off doing chores, so I took some pics. First is of my N. maxima x ventricosa: And here is my N. maxima x albomaringata. I won this in a raffle at the BACPS meeting. It finally has pitchered, and here it is. Seems to have taken the maxima shape and the albo...

Wahoo! Someone at the bacps got permission to re-print the book, "The Carnivorous Plants", by Dr. B.E. Juniper, Dr. R.J. Robins, and Dr. D.M. Joel!!! it was an out of print book, costing aorund 3,000 dollars, but it's been re-puplished, and I got a copy for only 40 bucks! Almost 400 pages, it...

Hello,     I've been looking for Drosera slackii ever since I started growing CPs, but no one has offered them yet... I asked Geoff Wong at the last BACPS meeting if anyone had any, he said yes, and to ask around at the next meeting. well, today he e-mailed me a nice pic of Drosera slackii in...

Hello, I have an unknown Nepenthes cutting I got at the raffle at the november BACPS meeting, it's rooted now, and ready for potting up. all I need to know is, how, and what soil? Thanks in advance -Spec

ok, I just wanted to make this thread cause I want everyone to scan their savage garden books for errors on what per wrote... why am I asking? I found several myself: Peter said, in the savage garden, that Nepenthes clipeata is highland!!! So I went off and treated it like your ordinary...