Australian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc in Adelaide, South Australia | Non-profit organisation

Australian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 409 851 667

Address: 67 Bridge Street 5068 Adelaide, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Given the ongoing situation with COVID-19 and the need for social distancing, cancellation of non-essential gatherings etc., the committee of the ACPS have taken the difficult decision, in the interest of members and the community, to suspend ACPS meetings until further notice. We know local engagement with people is an important part of our society and we will resume meeting when the current crisis has resolved. We will endeavour to remain active on this page and we encour...age people to continue to post on this page and keep the society going. Until things return to normal, I hope you can all keep on deriving pleasure from your hobby and are able to connect with other growers via electronic platforms; and most importantly, keep well, safe, and financially buoyant! Best wishes, Nick Collins (ACPS Secretary) and Mike Perkins (ACPS President)

24.01.2022 The ACPS will have a display and sales table at the South Australian Plant Clubs’ Open Day on Saturday 24 October 2020, 10 am -4 pm, Western Youth Centre, 79 Marion Road, Cowandilla. We will have a range of plants for sale including Mature Sarracenia flava (50-90 cm height, Outstanding colour variants).

22.01.2022 H folliculata new pitcher is 25 cm and still growing , think it likes the new G/h ,now to flower it

22.01.2022 The ACPS will have a display and sales table at the South Australian Plant Clubs’ Open Day

21.01.2022 Dear ACPS members and Friends, Just a reminder of our Spring Show next Tues 17th Nov, starting at 8 pm, St Matthews Homes Hall, 67 Bridge Street, Kensington. I'll get there 7:30 to open the Hall to enable people to set up.... The rules are attached again for your convenience. Please feel free to invite visitors/friends along. I really look forward to seeing everyone's great plants - it should be fun! Regards, Nick Collins (ACPS secretary)

20.01.2022 Utricularia. memziesii , flowering early for me this year ,happy to see them coming to life again after a long dry summer ,one pot struggling same a last year ,pollination time coming up again last year was very successful again .

17.01.2022 Drosophyllum great plant easy to grow in AU

16.01.2022 Dear ACPS members and Friends, SPRING SHOW TOMORROW CANCELLED We were going to have our spring show tomorrow, but due to the recent COVID outbreak in SA and to err on the side of caution we have decided to postpone the spring show to the December meeting time. ... Spring Show will now be Tues 15 th December, starting at 8 pm, St Matthews Homes Hall, 67 Bridge Street, Kensington. There will be NO meeting tomorrow. Regards, Mike Perkins (ACPS President) Nick Collins (ACPS secretary)

13.01.2022 here is some interesting high magnification photos from a friend in Canada 1st 2 are U .menziesii the 2nd is D.rupicola so interesting that there shapes and craters can be seen in these photos

13.01.2022 N. talangensis seems to be very underrated plant , unsure why , just great pitchers to look at

12.01.2022 Some N lowii from my Tc jars of lowii after 2 months repoting to new mix with great root growth too

12.01.2022 did this climb was great

12.01.2022 A Story That mite be of interest to growers G’day mite! I was sceptical that mites could be an issue on VFTs until now. This season, I had half my VFTs growing in the greenhouse and half in the open outside (all sitting in water trays) by late spring the ones in the greenhouse looked like crap and close to dying (pot on left) compared to the ones outside (pot on right). Using a 10x eyepiece, I found the ones from the greenhouse to be covered in clusters of tiny orange b...alls that looked like caviar mites! I sprayed the plants with the miticide Kelthane and expect them to recover eventually. On the web, others have reported mites on VFTs, mentioning also that mites like hot dry conditions. On Gardening Australia (Series 31, episode 36) Craig Miller-Randle said that indoor plants could be cleared of mites just by wetting the plants down (leaves, soil and all). So, I conclude that natural rain on the VFTs outside must have kept the mites at bay, and that a simple solution in the greenhouse could be to periodically wet the foliage. One could also just grow plants outside, but I still believe the best looking plants can be obtained in the greenhouse, if kept mite-free. The active ingredient of Kelthane (Dicofol; a DDT derivative) has toxicity to various other types of animals, including us, so wetting would offer a much friendlier solution. As VFTs are native to wet bogs I’m sure you could even submerge pots completely for a day or two without harm, as a way to get complete wetting of the underside of leaves, etc., provided you don’t have too many plants. In retrospect, the symptoms of the mites (black-brown colour at the leaf margins, to all-over) have been pretty common on my plants. Possibly, this issue might explain why we hear of so many people failing to keep VFTs alive, despite adhering to ‘essentials’ such as use of rain water and giving lots of light. The problem might also be exacerbated by the hot& dry growing season in Adelaide. I think we should all do our best to make people aware of this problem, and what appears to be the simple and safe remedy. To my knowledge, the mites don’t seem to bother other types of carnivorous plants just VFTs just seem particularly susceptible. Nick Collins See more

11.01.2022 H.folliculata has grown exceptionally well this year , and now flowering , time for some pollination very soon

11.01.2022 31 flowers spikes from 4 plants in the green house, the hellis are loven spring again

09.01.2022 N.izumea x trusmardiensis ,nothing special about the plant ,except its very dark colour pitchers, now will get even darker with our sunny winter coming on

08.01.2022 videoed this plant at Mt.Victoria some time back,great speciman of N attenboroughii in Ozzie lingo :)

08.01.2022 This note is just to remind you of upcoming events: Tues 20th Oct, 8 pm - General Meeting and AGM... Sat 24th Oct - stall at the Plants clubs Open Day (flyer attached) Tues 17th Nov, 8 pm - our Spring show

08.01.2022 First flower pollinated ,many more to go,3 flower spikes on the plant now, pollen extraction continues,the receptor is gone dark indicating it pollinated ,only take minutes or less than 1/2 hr to show once pollinated ,its still so interesting to pollinate these flowers even after doing it for so long .

07.01.2022 Hi, Here is some general information about the Australian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. (ACPS): The ACPS is based in Adelaide. We have monthly meetings, at 8 pm on the third Tuesday of every month at St Matthews Homes Hall, 67 Bridge Street, Kensington SA. We have recently restarted meetings after changes to the COVID-19 restrictions and will continue unless restrictions change. Visitors are most welcome at meetings. We have a display table, plant trade (swap/sell/give-away...), slide shows of expeditions, discussions on cultivation conditions, a library to borrow books from, but supper is not available due to COVID restrictions. Membership is $25 payed on a financial yearly basis. For more information contact the Secretary: 0409 851 667. Our old web page has been deactivated to save costs, so this Facebook page replaces it.

07.01.2022 A rare flowering N.vogelii , best thing is it a female, looking forward to some pollen from a friend to get a few nice hybrids, looking at may be N. platychilla and N. boshiana as pollination crosses ,should make for some nice looking pitchers later

07.01.2022 N. rajah at the now gone nep garden base of Mt.Kinablu

06.01.2022 N fusca or zakriana duno these days, but still great plant this is 2.5 m tall and has masses of uppers and Basel shoots as well

06.01.2022 a few different N attenboroughii

01.01.2022 Some nice VFT plants in a window type try /container , only 2 months from re-potting , looking very nice ,no named verities most are just hybrids