carnivorous plant book

[v074]

I am writing a book on carnivorous(and protocarnivorous)plants and how to care for and propagate them. So far, I have covered the following so far:Pinguicula;Dionnae Muscipula;Nepenthes;Heliamphora;Roridula;Neorogilla;Brocchini;Triphyophyllum Peltatus;Drosera;Byblis;Utricularia;Aldrovana Vesiculos;Polypompholyx(Utricularia Multifida);Drlingtonia;Sarracaenia;Genlisea. Have I missed any? Polls close the 28th December 2013 at 12:00 GMT.

[marcel]

Now this isn't ment to be harsh and please don't think I'm after you as this is the second poll you started that I question. Please take it as positive feedback: If you really want to have a descent book, first check the spelling of the names.
For instance it's Triphyophyllum peltatum but there are many more in just this short text.
and yes, I do make mistakes in English but Latin names are easy to check

[v074]

Dec 9, 2013 19:53:13 GMT marcel said:

Now this isn't ment to be harsh and please don't think I'm after you as this is the second poll you started that I question. Please take it as positive feedback: If you really want to have a descent book, first check the spelling of the names.
For instance it's Triphyophyllum peltatum but there are many more in just this short text.
and yes, I do make mistakes in English but Latin names are easy to check

I spelled them right in the book, just not on this., because sometimes you can't remember COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC NAMES off hand.>:<

[v074]

Any REAL advice from anybody else?:-)

[v074]

Oops! I forgot, I also did Drosophyllum.:-(

[hcarlton]

On forums like this, Marcel has a point: any help will be gained best if we know what you are spelling. Many of the names, if misspelled, are easily confused with other plants or completely different topics altogether. And I have to ask: what on earth is Neorogilla? I have been working on a personal file system of carnivorous plant species for several years now, and have never heard of that name. Nothing come up on Google either.
Also, you did miss a couple: Philcoxia, Catopsis bertoeroniana, Cephalotus....

[v074]

Neoregella

[hcarlton]

Not carnivorous or subcarnivorous by any means, just colorful plants popular in cultivation.

[v074]

It's a type of carnivorous bromeliad.

[Apoplast]

Hi v074 - Marcel's advice was very much "real" advice. And phrased very kindly I might add. It seems you are new to forums and unfamiliar with the social norms on this forum in particular. That's fine, we've all been there. However, you'll be likely to get more responses from people if you take note of how people interact on any given forum. I am assuming that the goal of participating on a forum is interacting with others. Your enthusiasm is great, and I don't want to diminish that, but some simple actions on your part might make your posts more approachable.

For a start, don't string together numerous replies to yourself. If you think of something you want to add to your post, a minute, an hour, a day later, and no one else has replied to it, simply edit it to add the content. It appears you like polls. You may not get a great deal of responses to them on this site, given that if you look around, there are few if any polls posted. It simply hasn't been part of the culture here. It might be better to simply ask your question. There are a number of very helpful and well informed people who regularly participate on this forum who might not vote on polls, but would be happy to answer a question asked.

Again, I don't want to dissuade you from participation, your excitement and passion are welcomed. You just seemed frustrated by the lack of responses you've received, and I thought I might try to help you understand why that might have been the case to this point.

As to your original query, Neoregelia, (which you still didn't spell correctly) as far as I am aware, is not known to be carnivorous - despite a couple sellers claiming otherwise on the net. I must also say that I would not include Philcoxia by any stretch. I believe that a conclusion of carnivory has been jumped to far too quickly and erroneously by many in this case, including on the CP FAQ unfortunately. I hope this helps.

[v074]

Unfortunately, the mobile version of tbis forum does not allow you to edit your posts after you have posted them.

[Apoplast]

Hello Allister - Welcome to the forum! I must admit I was unaware of really anything about the mobile version. Given those imitations, perhaps thoughtful composition is your best friend.

In response to some of your queries in other sections (there are far too many for me to chase down individually), Utricularia multifidia is a winter growing annual from the SW of Australia. Though I have no experience growing it myself, given it's phenology, I should think it would prefer fairly cool growing conditions. I imagine the lack of available seed is in large part the result of unsuccessful pollination outside of its native habitat (within habitat it seemed to set copious seed from the little I've observed).

There is somewhat of a similar issue with Aldrovanda seed in that it doesn't produce copious quantities, and when it does, it is a bit of a challange to harvest. This makes seed a bit rare. Your best bet would probably be to purchase some turions at the end of winter or early spring. They are easily shipped and readily available within the EU. Good luck with your efforts.