The Carnivorous Plant FAQ v. 11.5
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Greetings and welcome, seeker of knowledge!

Here you may learn about the ecology, cultivation, conservation, and taxonomy of carnivorous plants. Unless explicitly indicated, I am the author of all text in the FAQ, and am responsible for its accuracy and content. If you seek stock photography of carnivorous plants, refer to my exciting Galleria Carnivora.

Enjoy!
Barry Rice

Recent additions to the FAQ

the book
My first book!

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia flava

Drosera peltata
Drosera peltata

Nepenthes gymnamphora
Nepenthes
gymnamphora


Pinguicula macroceras
Pinguicula
macroceras


Sarracenia minor
Sarracenia minor

My Books!
I have now written two book on crazy plants! The first ("Growing Carnivorous Plants") is a heavily illustrated book published in the USA by Timber Press (and other publishers in other countries). It is a heavy dose of information and illustrations, for those who like to take their carnivorous plant information hard and pure. Oh yes, "Growing Carnivorous Plants" is an excellent book, and surely something you need!

I have also written a book on a variety of weird plants: carnivorous plants, parasitic plants, mycoparasites, sensitive plants, and plants that mimic the teeth-rattling stench of dead animals. Distributed by Scholastic, it is not the kind of book that you can buy at Amazon. (I believe you must buy it via Scholastic Book Press).

Monster Plants is not quite appropriate for seasoned carnivorous plant horticulturists. On the other hand, if said horticulturists have impressionable young children, nieces, nephews, the book would be an ideal gift. I present cool facts undiluted, but in a way designed to hook them and bring them on the boat.

This book also has a blog with it....see below...

More on the book, and also on my lecture schedule!

My Blogs!
I've recently been asked to contribute to not one, but two blogs.

The first blog--the one that will get the most updating--is a Monster Plants blog that I'm writing largely to support my new book. But I'm not really sure where it will go. Reader comments will help guide me.

I also have a more serious blog that I write for The Nature Conservancy. You might ask why TNC, my former employer, got me to maintain a blog page for them. I think the answer is probably because I was the slowest-running scientist in the pack at the time. Also, maybe because I agreed to do it without getting paid! My blog focuses on conservation, and is mostly on invasive species stuff, but if you are curious, take a look at what's on my bloggy mind.

 

Pinguicula habitat in Arizona
Utricularia habitat,
Arizona

Pinguicula habitat in Oregon
Pinguicula habitat,
Oregon

Darlingtonia habitat in California
Darlingtonia habitat,
California

Sarracenia habitat in Louisiana
Sarracenia habitat,
Louisiana

Drosera habitat in New Zealand
Drosera habitat,
New Zealand

 

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula

 

Nepenthes Peter D'Amato
Nepenthes
'Peter D'Amato'

Pinguicula laueana
Pinguicula laueana

Drosophyllum lusitanicum
Drosophyllum
lusitanicum


Dionaea pullings
Dionaea leaf pullings

Sphagnum soils
Sphagnum soils

Pot fire
Pot fire

Plant food
Plant food

Pinguicula Titan
Pinguicula 'Titan'

Leaf litter
Leaf litter

 

Florida

Florida

North Carolina work

Darlingtonia work

 

Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Aldrovanda

Brocchinia reducta
Brocchinia

Byblis liniflora
Byblis

Catopsis berteroniana
Catopsis

Cephalotus follicularis
Cephalotus

Darlingtonia californicum
Darlingtonia

Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea

Drosera scorpioides
Drosera

Drosophyllum lusitanicum
Drosophyllum

Genlisea violacea
Genlisea

Heliamphora nutans
Heliamphora

Nepenthes veitchii
Nepenthes

Pinguicula lutea
Pinguicula

Roridula gorgonias
Roridula

Sarracenia alabamensis
Sarracenia

Utricularia purpurea
Utricularia

Utricularia minor
Utricularia

Amorphophallus titanum
Amorphophallus

Arisaema triphyllum
Arisaema

Aristolochia labiata
Aristolochia

Huernia confusa
Huernia

Monotropa uniflora
Monotropa

Stapelia leedertzae
Stapelia

Fruiting sphagnum
Sphagnum

 

plant sale
Plant sale

Sarracenia prey
Yummy

Glacier
Trail to habitat...

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Revised: June 2010
©Barry Rice, 2005