Full download: Carniflora News, November 2015

Meetings in September – November 2015 to be held at the BURWOOD COMMUNITY HUB

Renovations of the Woodstock Community Centre have started. Meetings for September, October and November will be held at the RALSTON ROOM, Burwood Library and Community Hub, 2 Conder Street, Burwood (3 blocks West of Burwood Station: on the corner of Railway Parade and Conder Street). Details of this venue are available at http://www.burwood.nsw.gov.au/services/venue_hire.html.

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Full download: Carniflora News, October 2015

Meetings in September – November 2015 to be held at the BURWOOD COMMUNITY HUB

Renovations of the Woodstock Community Centre have started. Meetings for September, October and November will be held at the RALSTON ROOM, Burwood Library and Community Hub, 2 Conder Street, Burwood (3 blocks West of Burwood Station: on the corner of Railway Parade and Conder Street). Details of this venue are available at http://www.burwood.nsw.gov.au/services/venue_hire.html.

HIGHLIGHTS

Summary of the September meeting
The September meeting was the first to be held in the new venue. After learning the layout of the complex all agreed that the venue is excellent. The main events for the meeting were the ‘Plant of the Month competition’ and the Photo Competition.

The feature plant group for the month was Nepenthes.

Several Nepenthes plants were brought in for the ‘Plant of the month’ competition: Nepenthes maxima x talangensis, Nepenthes truncata, N. ventricosa x ovata, N. (ventricosa x sibuyanesnsis) x trusmadiensis (left), and N. ventricosa x tobaica ‘Red’.

A pot of Sarracenia leucophylla emerging from dormancy with a mass of Pinguicula primuliflora plants in flower was also entered in the completion. The winner was the plant of N. maxima x talangensis (see page 7).

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Full download: Carniflora News, September 2015 (PDF)

Meetings in September – November 2015 to be held at the BURWOOD COMMUNITY HUB

Renovations of the Woodstock Community Centre have started. Meetings for September, October and November will be held at the RALSTON ROOM, Burwood Library and Community Hub, 2 Conder Street, Burwood (3 blocks West of Burwood Station: on the corner of Railway Parade and Conder Street). Details of this venue are available at http://www.burwood.nsw.gov.au/services/venue_hire.html.

HIGHLIGHTS

Summary of the August meeting
The August meeting featured a talk by Raymond Chin on growing carnivorous plants under LED vs fluorescent lights. Raymond grows a wonderful range of unusual carnivorous plants in terrariums under artificial light. Through his research and experience he has been finding out what lighting options work best for these great plants.
Theme plants for remaining meetings in 2015
The following theme plants have been selected to these meetings for the rest of 2015:
September – Nepenthes
October – Pinguicula
November – Sarracenia
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Full download: Carniflora News, July 2015 (PDF)

HIGHLIGHTS

Renovations for Woodstock have been delayed until August. The June meeting will be held at  Woodstock Community Centre in the Group Room 1 as usual.

Summary of the June meeting
The June meeting developed organically after technical difficulties led to the postponement of the photo competition for a later meeting. The
general meeting included a discussion on how to print the currently missing issues of Carniflora Australis in the most cost-effective way.
The meeting ended with an impromptu talk by Greg Lvoff on his recent field trip to the SE of the USA to see Sarracenia in the wild. Thank you
Greg.

Nepenthes lowii x jacquelineae

The ‘Plant of the Month’ competition was a contest between a 3 year old seed-grown Heliamphora tatei plant, a pot of Drosera pauciflora with some plants in scape; D. marchantii subsp. prophylla in scape; Nepenthes lowii x jacquelineae, N. rowanae and N. maxima ‘dark’ x spectabilis. After a robust discussion the winner was N. rowanae grown by Raymond Chin.

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