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Post by ivo on Jun 16, 2008 10:38:05 GMT
Hi to all, Stewart McPherson is well known for his book "Pitcher Plants of the Americas" and his DVD set "Lost Worlds". Two new titles of his provenience have just appeared - the first is "Lost Worlds of the Guiana Highlands" and the other "Glistening Carnivores - The Sticky-Leaved Insect-Eating Plants". This time only hardcover versions are released but in the overall appearence they follow Stewart's first book. They look very good! For details see www.redfernnaturalhistory.comRegards, Ivo from the Czech Republic |
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Post by agustinfranco on Jun 22, 2008 7:33:20 GMT
Hi all:
Without doubt, Mr. Macpherson has set up new standards when it comes to CP books. He has so far covered pitcher plants of the Americas which include Sarracenias and Heliamphoras. He now is covering the sundews and hopefully he'll cover tropical pitcher plants in other books.
It's very refreshing to know that there are still people interested in studying the biology and taxonomy of these plants.
So far, i have been a bit disillusioned by the available information on some of these plants. If i am not mistaken several new species of different cp genera have been found, but yet, very little information is available to hobbyists. Hopefully, with these new books our current knowledge on this plants will be up to date.
Gus
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Post by loakesy on Jun 28, 2008 17:17:27 GMT
In the back of Glistening Carnivores, Stewart mentions a few other books that are not yet published, but perhaps still at the ideas stage. These include 'Pitcher Plants of the New World' .'Pitcher Plants of the Old World - Vols 1 & 2' and 'Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats'.
Sounds like Christmas presents for the next few years!!
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Post by Dave Evans on Jul 10, 2008 7:05:22 GMT
So far, i have been a bit disillusioned by the available information on some of these plants. If i am not mistaken several new species of different cp genera have been found, but yet, very little information is available to hobbyists. Hopefully, with these new books our current knowledge on this plants will be up to date. Dear Gus, You are cracking me up. ;D There has been such an explosion of new species and and new research in the last couple of years, I can't even keep up with it all anymore--and I spend more time on CP's than I used too. CP's are no longer an obscure hobby, they are fast becoming more and more popular. Given it a few more years, I think they will about as popular as pet reptiles. And with this huge increase in popularity comes students interested in researching them. |
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