Post by shartmeyer on Dec 2, 2007 12:22:39 GMT
Dear CP-enthusiasts,
as a "Santa Claus Present" for all of you we provide (start December 6) world-wide our report on the world largest nursery for tropical pitcher plants BORNEO EXOTICS in a good resolution (about 550 MB) as GRATIS-DOWNLOAD. The great feedback for our free download of "Drosera: Snap-Tentacles And Runway Lights", as well as the excellent co-operation with Aydin Dilber and EZTV convinced us to add even one more film. Please enjoy it!!
This link to EZTV shows at the moment only the description, but will enable the download as soon as it is released Thursday, December 6: www.eztv.it/index.php?main=show&id=652
A short description of our film:
Nepenthes or tropical pitcher plants are considered from some the royalties among carnivorous plants. In nature they grow as climbing or scrambling vines. Most species are found in Southeast Asia, their center of distribution being the island of Borneo. There are currently over 90 different known species.
Nepenthes are called pitcher plants because from their leaves originates the trap used to capture insects, frogs even small rodents in form of a pitcher. The victims are attracted by sweet secretions and fall into the pitcher. Not being able to get out once fallen, they get slowly digested inside the pitcher. Following this link you can see that Nepenthes can catch and digest a mouse!!
www.hartmeyer.de/ArtikelundBerichte/artausdie%20Maus_GB.htm
In December 2004 the authors have been invited by Robert Cantley and Diana Williams (owner of Borneo Exotics) to visit and film the world largest production of tropical pitcher plants in Sri Lanka. The famous Robert Cantley himself guides them through his lowland nurseries near the capital Colombo, and through his highland greenhouses built in the middle of huge tea-plantations in the mountains near Nuwara Eliya. Starting from seeds at a sterile tissue culture laboratory, all plants are artificially propagated, absolutely nothing comes from nature as Robert proudly reports. About 35 different species/varieties of beautiful Nepenthes are shown in this movie, some new species for the first time ever. A feast for the eyes of every CP-enthusiast.
The washing and packaging of plants for world-wide delivery is shown.
You will also see that the artificial production of registered clones may cause totally unexpected results: the unbelievable necessity to destroy large amounts of Nepenthes by burning !!
On the 26th December 2004, only one day after the filming at Borneo Exotics was done, the authors experienced the terrible tsunami on the coast south of Colombo. Only the fact that their hotel "Mount Lavinia" - luckily recommended by Robert Cantley - is atop of a rock, just tall enough to provide shelter from the raging sea, allowed the authors to return home healthy and with all videos and equipment intact.
More on Carnivorous Plants at:
www.hartmeyer.de/Inhalt2007_GB.htm
also you can find another interesting documentary on carnivorous plants by the same authors here:
www.eztv.it/index.php?main=show&id=568
as a "Santa Claus Present" for all of you we provide (start December 6) world-wide our report on the world largest nursery for tropical pitcher plants BORNEO EXOTICS in a good resolution (about 550 MB) as GRATIS-DOWNLOAD. The great feedback for our free download of "Drosera: Snap-Tentacles And Runway Lights", as well as the excellent co-operation with Aydin Dilber and EZTV convinced us to add even one more film. Please enjoy it!!
This link to EZTV shows at the moment only the description, but will enable the download as soon as it is released Thursday, December 6: www.eztv.it/index.php?main=show&id=652
A short description of our film:
Nepenthes or tropical pitcher plants are considered from some the royalties among carnivorous plants. In nature they grow as climbing or scrambling vines. Most species are found in Southeast Asia, their center of distribution being the island of Borneo. There are currently over 90 different known species.
Nepenthes are called pitcher plants because from their leaves originates the trap used to capture insects, frogs even small rodents in form of a pitcher. The victims are attracted by sweet secretions and fall into the pitcher. Not being able to get out once fallen, they get slowly digested inside the pitcher. Following this link you can see that Nepenthes can catch and digest a mouse!!
www.hartmeyer.de/ArtikelundBerichte/artausdie%20Maus_GB.htm
In December 2004 the authors have been invited by Robert Cantley and Diana Williams (owner of Borneo Exotics) to visit and film the world largest production of tropical pitcher plants in Sri Lanka. The famous Robert Cantley himself guides them through his lowland nurseries near the capital Colombo, and through his highland greenhouses built in the middle of huge tea-plantations in the mountains near Nuwara Eliya. Starting from seeds at a sterile tissue culture laboratory, all plants are artificially propagated, absolutely nothing comes from nature as Robert proudly reports. About 35 different species/varieties of beautiful Nepenthes are shown in this movie, some new species for the first time ever. A feast for the eyes of every CP-enthusiast.
The washing and packaging of plants for world-wide delivery is shown.
You will also see that the artificial production of registered clones may cause totally unexpected results: the unbelievable necessity to destroy large amounts of Nepenthes by burning !!
On the 26th December 2004, only one day after the filming at Borneo Exotics was done, the authors experienced the terrible tsunami on the coast south of Colombo. Only the fact that their hotel "Mount Lavinia" - luckily recommended by Robert Cantley - is atop of a rock, just tall enough to provide shelter from the raging sea, allowed the authors to return home healthy and with all videos and equipment intact.
More on Carnivorous Plants at:
www.hartmeyer.de/Inhalt2007_GB.htm
also you can find another interesting documentary on carnivorous plants by the same authors here:
www.eztv.it/index.php?main=show&id=568
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): Start your downloads ;D
? Not as fast as Bob, but I had a copy within 4 hours and it works like a charm both on the computer and in a dvd-player.
