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Carnivorous Bog Plants

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writes: Hello, I am new to this newsgroup.  I am an avid indoor plant grower (foilage and flowering plants).  I am interested in starting a terrarium of bog plants.  I can use any suggestions/advice plus sources of plants and/or seeds.  Please E-mail with any and all information.  Thanks.

A point that may need mentioning is that many carnivorous plants have been endangered by over-collecting in the wild.  Nepenthes species have been heavily poached, even out of national parks in Borneo.  Please buy only genuine nursery-bred stock. Also remember that Nepenthes, Sarracenia (purpurea at least) and Venus Flytrap are listed on the Appendices to CITES and require appropriate permits for cross-border transport. — Ronald I. Orenstein                           Phone: (905) 820-7886 (home) International Wildlife Coalition              Fax/Modem: (905) 569-0116 (home) Home: 1825 Shady Creek Court                  Messages: (416) 368-4661 Office: 130 Adelaide Street W., Suite 1940    Compuserve ID: 72037,2513 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5H 3P5            

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Hello, I am new to this newsgroup.  I am an avid indoor plant grower (foilage and flowering plants).  I am interested in starting a terrarium of bog plants.  I can use any suggestions/advice plus sources of plants and/or seeds.  Please E-mail with any and all information.  Thanks. Greg Long — . POW 1.0  On Trial . Powerline Offline reader for Windows – New Windows OLR

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Hello, I am new to this newsgroup.  I am an avid indoor plant grower (foilage and flowering plants).  I am interested in starting a terrarium of bog plants.  I can use any suggestions/advice plus sources of plants and/or seeds.  Please E-mail with any and all information.  Thanks. Greg Long — . POW 1.0  On Trial . Powerline Offline reader for Windows – New Windows OLR

Instead of E-Mailing Greg, could any posts be placed here? There are several of us with the same projects that have requested this information in the past. Thanks, – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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I have been away from CP for awhile. One of the best ways I’ve found to meet people and correspond is to join the International Carnivorous Plants Society (ICPS). Dues are $15/yr. At least 2 of the co-editors have Internet addresses and ICPS has a seedbank of many CP from around the world available to members at $1/packet. Correspondence about ICPS should be sent to: ICPS c/o Fullerton Arboretum, CSUF, Fullerton, CA 92634 I have some very old Sarracenia seed (8 yr) for trade for other interesting seed. At least some of it germinates (leuco & rubra & maybe more) from seed I’ve test planted in the last 3 weeks. If you Ron

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: I am new to this newsgroup.  I am an avid indoor plant grower (foilage : and flowering plants).  I am interested in starting a terrarium of bog : plants.  I can use any suggestions/advice plus sources of plants : and/or seeds.  Please E-mail with any and all information.  Thanks. Hi, and welcome to the newsgroup.  Here’s a list of sources that appeared here about two months ago: [begin inserted file] Attached is the plant suppliers list from the carnivorous plant mailing list.  You should be able to get Flytraps from nearly all of these sources. To subscribe to the list, send a message with the one-line body consisting of     SUB CP <your first name  < your last name For example:     SUB CP Rick Walker To the address You will be subscribed to the mailing list and receive an informative response describing how to contribute to the discussion and access the archives. Have fun! — Rick                             CP Nurseries Mail Order Acid-Wetland Flora                      Insectivores, sedges, native bog     1705 N. Quebec St.                  orchids, gentians, sabatias, lo-     Arlington, VA 2207-3017             belieas, and more (seed also).     USA                                 catalog $1.50.  Payments payable to     703-524-3181                        John Hummer. Botanique Nursery                       VFT’s, Drosera, Sarracenia, Nepenthes     Route 1 Box 183     Stanardsville, VA  22973 Peter Pauls Nurseries     Canandaigya, NY 14424     USA     716/394-7397 Maries Orchids & CP                     Catalog $1.00.  expensive, exotic     6400 Cedarbrook Drive               stuff, limited quantities.     Pinellas Park Fl 34666     USA     813/546-7882 Lee’s Botanical Gardens                 all kinds of CP     P.O. Box 669     LaBelle, FL 33935-0669     USA     813-675-8728 (?) Chuck Powell     2932 Sunburst Dr.     San Jose, CA 95111     USA     408-363-0926 South West Seeds                        CP seed, lowrie books. Will buy     Doug and Vivi Rowland               seed.     200 Springs Road     Kempston, Bedford MK428ND     ENGLAND Thysanotus-Seed-Mailorder               inquire.  byblis, darlingtonia,     Postfach 44-8109                    drosera, drosophyllum, nepenthes,     Bremen 44 D-2800                    ping., sarr., utric.     West Germany                        Catalog is in German. California Carnivores     Peter D’Amato (just started mail-order)     Nursery: Mark West Vineyards, off River Rd., 5.5 miles west of 101,     south of Santa Rosa.  Mark West # is 707-544-4813.     open 7 days a week, 10-"till about 4pm",     Office (home): Guernville, 707-869-3641     greenhouse: Mark West Vineyards, Forestville, 707-838-1630 Carolina Exotic Gardens                 catalog pamphlet $1.00, US plants,     Rt. 5, Box 238-A                    live spahgnum moss     Greenville, NC 27834 USA     919-758-2600 Southern Carnivores                     catalog $1.00?. tissue cultured (was Hungry Plants)                     plants.     P.O. Box 864081,     Marietta, GA 30060. Orgel’s Orchids                         byblis, dionea, drosera, nepenthes,     18950 S.W. 136 St., Box K-6         ping., utric.     Miami, FL 33196     305-233-7168 Southwest Carnivores                    catalog free w/ SASE or 2 reply     Gordon Snelling                     coupons.  lots of CP, plus live     300 W. Carter Drive                 spahgnum.     Glendora CA 91740     (818)914-9641 Allen Lowrie                            Australian Species. seasonal     6 Glenn Place     Duncraig 6023     Western Australia     447-7426 Orchids by Hausermann, Inc.             Potting supplies (?)     2N 134 Addison Rd.     Villa Park, IL  60181-1191 Glasshouse Works                        Nepenthes     Church Street, P.O. Box 97     Stewart, OH  45778-0097     USA Silverhill Seeds (Successors to Renate Parsley)          native CP seed.     18 Silverhill Crescent     Kenilworth 7700     Republic of South Africa Roy Young                               catalog for 1 international reply     79, Pearcroft Rd.                   coupon.  CP seed     Leyton Stone     London E11 44P     England     01/556-8048 Cyril G. Brown     65 Highfield Cres.     Hornchurch Exex. RM12 6PC     England Nature et Paysages                      inquire.  all CP families     J.J. Labat, Empouchon               70 Page Color Catalog for 10 IRC’s     Peyrusse-Massas     F-32360 Jegun     France Heldon Nurseries     Ashbourne Road     Spath Uttoxeter ST145AD     England Hinode-Kadan Nursery                    catalog for an international reply     2735 Nakanogo, Hacijyot             coupon.  Has byblis, ceph., drosera,     Hachihyo-Island Tokyo 100-16        ping., nepenthes, utric.     Japan Sarracenia Nurseries     Links Side     Courtland Avenue, Mill Hill     London NW7 3BG     England Fred Howell ("Carnivorous and Unusual Seeds" (& Plants too) )     3 Normandy Avenue,     Para Hills, S.A., 5096     AUSTRALIA     Naturally, the seeds would be the only thing worth     considering, although dormant Drosera (sundew) tubers     may be suitable for mail-order to the states Orchidees                               Most CP, Orchids     Marcel Lecoufle                     Catalog for 10 IRC’s or 2,50 Francs     5 Rue De Paris     94470 Boissy Saint Leger     Telephone: 45 95 25 25 Joachim Nerz    _Heliamphora_ (in vitro propagated, potted plants).         Herrenberger Str. 94         7400 Tuebingen         Germany         Phone: +49 7071 49362 J.L. Hudson                             Alot of interesting         P.O. Box 1058                   ethnobotanical seeds, but only         Redwood City, CA                one CP: "Agarra Mosca Violeta",         94064                           an unidentified Pinguicula from                                         Oaxaca, Mexico Walk in Business Only Severin Orchid Farm     Hank & Lil Severin     22570 San Juan Rd.     Cupertino, CA 95014     Nepenthes only.     (Probably no mail order; Directions: 280 to Foothill,     right on Foothill Blvd, about 2 miles, changes to Stevens Canyon Rd.,     they are on the corner of San Juan and Stevens Canyon Rd.) Equipment and Supplies Two places for buying mail order HID lights are: Light Mfg. Co                           Metal Halide Grow Lamps call 1-800-669-5483 for a catalog. New Earth                               Metal Halide Grow Lamps call 1-800-462-5953 for a catalog.     Prices: $200 for 1000 watt system (with bulb), $125 for 175     watt.  1000 watts is enough for an area 10′ x 10′, 175 watts is     enough for an area 4′ x 4′.  BS in the New Earth catalog says to     replace bulbs every 3 to 6 months.  This is way too often.  They     should last a year.  The bulbs cost $80 for 1000 watt, $45 for     175 watt.  You can probably find someplace local that sells     these fixtures – try a large lighting supplies store. – Don Burden Mellinger’s Inc     2310 W. South Range Rd.     North Lima, Ohio 44452-9731     (216)549-9861     order line: 1-800-321-7444     I got my 1992  Mellinger’s catalog. This is a place I’ve     gotten some things from, like a few wildflowers and seed     packets, flats, and other items.  Some products which may     interest members of this group are:       o Darlingtonia ($2.95 each but probably tiny)       o Plastic pots (round and square) 2.25”—10”,         reasonable prices (i.e. 100 4” pots $12.20) but         I don’t know colour or sturdiness       o Various plastic flats       o Pyrethrins (conventional wisdom says CP-friendly)         insecticide $3.19       o Gibberellic Acid       o Plastic Pot labels about $4.00/100       o Max/Min thermometers $23.00       o a LOT of ways to make cheap greenhouses out of polyethylene etc. [end inserted file] —       "Exalted Master, you told us that the world would end yesterday."       "My child, it did end yesterday, but you’re too sinful to notice."

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