Post by billh on May 29, 2020 3:38:40 GMT
Hello to all here, I am very happy to join you! My name is Bill, and I have been a lifelong enthusiast of all things related to the Natural World, most especially of botany. And within my botanical obsessions, carnivorous plants hold an especially high and feverish esteem. When I was younger, and was possessed by the collector’s spirit, I maintained terrariums full of CPs, and created bog plantings in other people’s gardens. But over time I have evolved to being a person more content with observing CPs in their natural habitat.
Since 1996 I have traveled abroad every year, and most of my travels have included my botanical interests. It’s been my great fortune and privilege to have climbed Mt. Kinabalu in Malaysia, to search for its many species of Nepenthes. I have descended into the Barranca de Toliman in Hidalgo, Mexico, to see, amongst other botanical marvels, Pinguiculas agnata and elizabethae growing side by side on the sheer rock walls. I have poked around the astounding national parks in Western Australia, getting completely giddy over the sheer variety of Droseras, not to mention finding Byblis and Cephalotus. A monumental memory was being in Mt. Leseuer Nat’l Park and finding a magnificent, huge specimen of Drosera gigantea. “Oh my God,” I said, “Can you believe this?”
“Yeah,” said my traveling companion, “It’s great. I’m going to go wait in the car now.”
Tip #1: If you travel with friends, make sure they share your interests.
I generally travel alone now.
Anyway, I am happy to be here, amongst many people with similar interests.
Best,
Billh
Since 1996 I have traveled abroad every year, and most of my travels have included my botanical interests. It’s been my great fortune and privilege to have climbed Mt. Kinabalu in Malaysia, to search for its many species of Nepenthes. I have descended into the Barranca de Toliman in Hidalgo, Mexico, to see, amongst other botanical marvels, Pinguiculas agnata and elizabethae growing side by side on the sheer rock walls. I have poked around the astounding national parks in Western Australia, getting completely giddy over the sheer variety of Droseras, not to mention finding Byblis and Cephalotus. A monumental memory was being in Mt. Leseuer Nat’l Park and finding a magnificent, huge specimen of Drosera gigantea. “Oh my God,” I said, “Can you believe this?”
“Yeah,” said my traveling companion, “It’s great. I’m going to go wait in the car now.”
Tip #1: If you travel with friends, make sure they share your interests.
I generally travel alone now.
Anyway, I am happy to be here, amongst many people with similar interests.
Best,
Billh
