Carnivorous Plants

These plants are a relatively recent obsession of mine. I've had a passing interest for many years but never really 'got into it' until sometime in 1996 when I started to obtain a few plants here and there. I then joined the New Zealand Carnivorous Plants Society (NZCPS) where I met all manner of keen and generous people who helped me get more plants and showed me how to look after them.

Some local CP growers include:
Brian Casey
Peter Sebborn
Terry Boland

This is a photo, taken by Bruce Salmon, of me and some Drosera binata in the Hauraki Plains (6/Dec/98).

In February of 1999 some of us paid a visit toMt. Ruapehu

There are a few public displays of CPs in NZ. Here are some I've visited.

Esplanade Gardens, Palmerston North.
Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton. (Since removed, although there is a N. ventricosa in the main hothouse as of June 2001).
Wellington Botanical Gardens, Wellington.

Currently (April 2001) I've got the following plants:

More pictures of my plants can be found at: Andrews Virtual CP Photo Album,.

or in some of the albums at: My YAHOO photos.

Nepenthes - many of these plants were obtained as cuttings or seedlings and as such are not huge specimens at this stage. Then again, I don't have much room so smaller plants are useful to me.

- ventricosa.
- maxima.
- albomarginata.
- emyae.
- eustayshia
- macfarlanei
- macrovulgaris
- tobaica
- khasiana
- rafflesiana (black 'Lawas, Sarawak', 'Squat Red', and Sipitang)
- stenophylla
- fusca (2 clones)
- gracillima
- bicalcarata
- ampullaria (4 different clones)
- truncata
- bellii
- hirsuita
- viellardii
- alata
- rhombicaulis
- veitchii
- gracilis ('Kent Ridge, Singapore')

- as well as various hybrids (some of the multiple hybrids may not be correctly labelled).

- N. ventricosa x (gymnamphora x talangensis)
- N. ventricosa x (bongso x inermis)
- N. ventricosa x ovata
- N. veitchii (highland) x ovata
- N. veitchii (highland) x hirsuita
- N. ventricosa x (talangensis x inermis)
- N. tobaica x rhombicaulis
- N. albomarginata x sanguinea
- N. x Hookeriana (= N. rafflesiana x N. ampullaria)
- N. gymnamphora x talangensis
- N. tobaica x fusca

Sarracenia - a lot of these plants were bought as small 'assorted pitcher plants' around Xmas of 1996. They've done quite well and are now in ~8 inch pots and are producing flowers.

- alata (normal and 'pubescent')
- flava (veined, cut-throat, red tube green top, all green, mini + various other forms)
- luecophylla
- rubra (S. r. rubra, S. r. gulfensis, S. r. alabamensis and S. r. wherryi)
- purpurea (S. p. purpurea, S. p. p. heterophylla and S. p. venosa.
- psittacina
- minor (both 'giant' and 'standard')
- oreophila

- also the hybrid S. x courtii

Pinguicula

- cyclosecta
- ehrlisae ??
- moranensis (mexicana and 'caudata - alba')
- reticulata
- grandiflora
- zecherii (actually, probably another P. moranensis)
- rotundiflora
- sp.
- agnata 'Romol'
- hybrid 'weser'
- jaumavensis

Utricularia

- reniformis
- longifolia
- tricolor
- praelonga
- bisquamata
- alpina
- gibba
- sandersonii
- uniflora
- sp. South Africa
- calcyfida
- dichotoma
- arenaria
- paulinae
- nephrophylla
- australis
- delicatula

Dionae

- muscipula
As well as various standard clones I also have two 'all red' clones (Royal Red and Red Fred)

These 3 pictures are of a plant owned by Jo Rennell and show some deformed traps (locally known as 'blinkies' after the famous 3-eyed fish in The Simpsons). Probably these ones were caused by environmental factors rather than toxic nuclear waste. Probably.

Drosera

- prolifera
- aliciae
- adelae
- capensis ('normal','alba' and 'wide leaf')
- binata
- arcturi
- spatulata (Napier-Taupo Rd, Hauraki Plains, Coromandel, National Park + other locations)
- coccicaulis

- rotundifolia (Pine Barrens, NJ).
- spp (may be 'D.sp south africa', in which case it is probably a form of D. aliciea, - anyway a plant obtained from a local garden shop.)
- dielsiana
- filiformis (filiformis and tracyi)
- capillaris ??
- burmanii

Cephalotus - follicularis

Genlisea - violacea
- violacea 'giant'
- hispidula
Here are a few photos I've taken (badly) of CPs in the wild, and elsewhere.

Drosera arcturi on the Turoa side of Mt. Ruapehu (Feb 1998).

Drosera spatulata on the Turoa side of Mt. Ruapehu (Feb 1998)

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