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BAY AREA CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
Volume 11 Number 4, Fall 2002
October 18, 2002
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NEXT MEETING
Date: November 9, 2002, Saturday
Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley
Program: Phil Faulisi, "Creating Diverse CP Habitats at Home
Those of you who attended the last meeting at California Carnivores
saw some amazing Nepenthes specimens brought in by Phil Faulisi. At
the upcoming meeting Phil will share some of the special techniques
he has developed for growing a wide variety of carnivorous plants to
perfection, including Venus Fly Traps, Pinguicula, Sarracenia,
Nepenthes and many others. The whole range of habitats from outdoor
bogs, to greenhouse houseplants, and terrariums will be covered, so
there will be helpful growing hints applicable to almost everyone's
situation. Come learn how Phil grows those fantastic display specimens.
The meeting starts at noon with the social, display, and plant sale
(10% of sales and auction go to BACPS). Announcements begin at
approximately 1:00 p.m., followed by the program, raffle, and auction.
Members are encouraged to bring plants for the display table, auction,
and raffle.
The University of California Botanical Garden is located on Centennial
Drive above the main U.C. campus, between the Stadium and the Lawrence
Hall of Science. For more detailed directions, call the Botanical
Garden Information Center at 1-510-643-2755 or visit the website at
www.mip.berkeley.edu/garden. There is a parking fee and entrance fee.
There is no entrance fee if you are coming only for the BACPS meeting.
Questions regarding the meeting should be directed to Geoff Wong.
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WINTER MEETING: FEBRUARY 22, 2003
Geoff Wong
At our winter meeting on February 22, 2003, Scott Medbury, Director of
the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, will be giving a
presentation on the nearly completed restoration of the Conservatory
and his vision for the future. Scott expects carnivorous plants to
play a prominent role in the Conservatory's displays, both permanent
and special educational exhibits. The meeting will be held at the San
Francisco County Fair Building, which is a possible venue for some of
our future meetings. After the presentation, Scott will take us on a
private tour of the Conservatory.
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VICE-PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Greg Lum
I would like to thank everyone for helping out this year and making
the club run as smooth as possible. As everyone knows November is
when we hold our annual elections for the club. Below is the current
list of members who will be running for office for the coming year.
President: Geoff Wong
Vice-President: Greg Lum
Secretary: Judith Finn
Treasurer: Joe Mazrimas
Please forward nominations to Mike Ross. Mike will
be explaining the various offices and introducing the people who are
running for these positions.
As I write this newsletter with one hand (due to my hand/wrist getting
caught in a conveyor belt), I would like to encourage new members to
run for office and/or become involved with the club so that there may
be new fresh ideas that will help the society grow. There are several
ways that new members can get involved. Some of these are coming early
to the meetings to help setup tables, and or to stay after to help put
them away or even bringing in plants for the display tables. All new
members are encouraged to submit articles and/or short biographies
telling us a little bit about yourself and how you started growing
carnivores. Also editorials about cp field trips and cultural growing
techniques are always welcomed.
The final item for me is the next ICPS Conference that will take place
in Lyon, France in 2004. I know that it is a long way off, but it is
something to think about. This past summer I attended my first ICPS
Conference in Tokyo, Japan, with Mike Ross and found it to be a most
rewarding experience. The Conference is a great place to interact and
network with the entire CP community on a global basis meeting
growers, collectors and several other professionals in the field. I
hope that members can keep this in mind and possibly attend this
event, I know I plan to.
MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 17, 2002 MEETING
Judith Finn
The August meeting was held at California Carnivores in Sebastopol.
Approximately 60 people attended the meeting. Peter and Marilee
hosted the BACPS gathering in their brand new facility in Sebastopol.
The whole facility was laid out wonderfully. Anyone who is thinking
about building a greenhouse should visit. The building is made out of
polycarbonate siding with a thinner triple layer of polycarbonate
matter for the roof. This is the same material used for car bumpers,
making it very strong and yet light. It is waffled like the old
fiberglass but very superior in its durability and light
transmission. I especially like not dealing with the potential health
hazard of old fiberglass.
The complex is divided up into several sections. The customer walks
into the display/sales area and next to that is the propagation area.
Next to this is the shipping division, where parcels are packed for
retail and wholesale shipments. After that there is a large warm
section and a smaller enclosed cool room for highland plants. There
is a very efficient swamp cooler and a simple irrigation system with
emitters spaced at regular intervals which delivered a fine mist onto
the plants. Peter told us that one could purchase it at places like
Home Depot. This system is a very simple and economic way to raise
the humidity level in and around the plants. The floor is graveled and
the benches are expanded metal. All the plants were attractively
presented and labeled. California Carnivores shares its parking lot
with Vintage Roses an inspired combination. (When you visit, be sure
that you remember that it is located on Old Gravenstein Hwy South,
which runs parallel to Gravenstein Hwy.)
Many of the people attending the meeting brought refreshments which
really made the occasion very festive.
The business meeting was brief. We were reminded that it is wise to
renew the International Carnivorous Plant Society Journal on time
(December) to avoid delays from people ordering back issues. The
ICPS will no longer have back issues available for sale after this
year. The next International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference
will be in Lyon, France 2004.
We had a judged plant show that lured people into displaying some
primo specimen plants. David Gray, Peter D'Amato, and Tim Krug were
the judges for the show. The results were as follows:
Dionaea
1st place: Dionaea muscipula 'Red Dragon', Kevin Weaver and Bruce Thomas
Drosera
1st place: Drosera binata 'dichotoma giant', Bill Weaver
2nd place: Drosera binata, Bill Weaver
3rd place: Drosera slackii, Larry Logoteta
Nepenthes
1st place: Nepenthes hamata, Phil Faulisi
2nd place: Nepenthes macrophylla, Phil Faulisi
3rd place: Nepenthes ampullaria 'Giant Red', Phil Faulisi
Pinguicula
1st place: Pinguicula moranensis x ehlersai, Kevin Weaver and
Bruce Thomas
2nd place: Pinguicula moranensis, Larry Logoteta
Sarracenia
1st place: Sarracenia (rubra x oreophila) x Sarracenia (purpurea venosa
x leucophylla), Phil Faulisi
2nd place: Sarracenia minor, Larry Logoteta
3rd place: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. burkii (S. rosea),
Joe Mazrimas
All Other Genera
1st place: Utricularia calycifida 'Cthulhu', Kevin Weaver and
Bruce Thomas
Carnivorous Planter
1st place: Stephen Davis
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SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE BY CH'IEN LEE
Judith Finn
This special lecture was held at the Conference Center at the
University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden on September 14,
2002. There were between 70-80 people in attendance for this memorable
slide show and lecture given by Ch'ien Lee. Ch'ien has been living in
Borneo for the past 6 years and is now the Director of the tropical
plant division of Malesiana Tropicals. They raise orchids, ferns,
palms, Nepenthes and several other unique and exotic plants. They are
located in the beautiful, old city of Kuching, Borneo. He showed us
slides from his expeditions to the Philippines, New Guinea, Irian
Jaya and both the Malaysian and Indonesian areas of Borneo.
Ch'ien began with some wonderful photographs of the Hose Mountain
region, which is very inaccessible to the novice tourist visiting S.E.
Asia. These mountains are located in the Sarawak region of Malaysia
Borneo. There is an amazing diversity of species that inhabit this
region-approximately 200 species per hectare. The Nepenthes are
located on the fringe habitats on the ridges of these mountains. The
summits of the Hose Mountains are usually shrouded with clouds and so
the temperatures are relatively cool. There are no villages or roads
on the mountain, so he described the adventurous route to the mountains
as long and arduous. Ch'ien and his collegues had to take several boat,
plane and jeep rides to the Hose Mountains to the few logging trails to
reach their goal.
The following is a list of some of the plants covered in his slides:
giant Allocasia specimens, wild bananas, wild ginger, Licuala and
Sala plams, Gramatophyllum orchids (the largest orchid species),
Nepenthes reinwardtiana, a new Paphiopedilum species, Nepenthes fusca
(Highland epiphyte), N. hirsuta and N. veitchii (heath forest),
Nepenthes tentaculata (in moss), a new species (N. sp.'A') similar
to Nepenthes pilosa but with glands on the base, Nepenthes ephippiata
(similar to lowii), and Nepenthes ampullaria (rice is cooked inside
the pitchers). Chi'en also showed us a new undescribed Nepenthes
species, Nepenthes sp. #7. This plant produces pitches with a large
and showy peristome. Ch'ien also talked about 20 tribes in Sarawak,
each having its own language and one national language. He told us of
the interesting diet of monitor lizards, boar, deer, vipers and
cobras. He also sadly relayed to us that the lumber industry is using
the trees for plywood and adding to the destruction of the habitat.
Next Ch'ien took us to Irian Jaya and the Cyclops mountains. There we
saw a giant staghorn fern (Platycerium wandi), screw pine (Pandanus),
cashew, Nepenthes mirabilis, Drosera, Utricularia, and Dendrobium
orchids. He showed us a cliff rising from a lake covered with golden
flowered Paphiopedilum plants. Ch'ien ended his talked with two new
Nepenthes species; Nepenthes klossii which has 11 inch pitches with
its hood almost closed with red markings and a Nepenthes like
N.spectablis except exhibiting longer than usual pitches.
We had a fabulous auction in which Ch'ien allowed us to bid for plants
that he brought over from Malesiana Tropicals. The plants for the
auction were Nepenthes spectablis, Nepenthes densiflora, Nepenthes
mira, Nepenthes campanulata, and 2 undescribed Nepenthes species.
The bidding was lively and Peter D'Amato did a great job auctioning
off the rare, treasured plants. Everyone was very appreciative of the
fine lecture, and we all hope that he will treat us again next year.
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BACPS CALENDAR
2002-2003
November 9 Fall Meeting, U.C. Botanical Garden: Elections
January 15 Deadline for submissions to the next Newsletter
February 22 Winter Meeting, County Fair Building,
(Hall of Flowers), San Francisco
May 24 Bug Day, Randall Museum, San Francisco
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TREASURER'S REPORT
AUGUST 17, 2002
JOE MAZRIMAS
INCOME DEBIT BALANCE
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Dues 0.00
Sellers 47.00
Ch'ien Lee 0.00 100.00
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TOTAL INCOME 47.00
Current activity (08-18-02 to 5-18-02) 53.00
Previous balance (05-18-02) 2984.81
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BALANCE (5/18/02) $2931.81
U. C. Berkeley Fund (separate) $1427.50
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
This section is available for members to post plant-related
announcements (events, items wanted or available, information wanted or
to share, etc.). Please submit announcements to the editor.
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BACPS CONTACTS
President Geoff Wong
Vice-President Greg Lum
Secretary Judith Finn
Treasurer Joe Mazrimas
Newsletter Editor Greg Lum
E-mail Distributor Bill Weaver
Snail Mail Distributor Paul Bourbin
Business Manager Larry Logoteta
Membership List Mike Ross
Auction Manager Glen Rankin
Auctioneer Peter D'Amato
Raffle Manager Mark Bellinger
Website Manager Albert Huntington
Website: http://www.bacps.org
Mailing address: BACPS, 825 Bennington Street, Manteca, CA 95336
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Please send articles or comments to the editior, Greg Lum.
If you wish to be added or removed from the distribution list, please send a
message to Bill Weaver.
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