FAQ Update History

I frequently tinker and diddle with FAQ pages, fixing the grammar or correcting minor errors, but I do not track or note those edits as "updates."

The updates I note below are for entirely new pages, or significant revisions of existing pages (especially when the changes were due to corrections from a thoughtful FAQ-reader).

Field trip report: Florida, Apalachicola National Forest

Added 25 June 2010.

Field trip report: Florida karst country

Added 21 June 2010.

Field trip report: Splinter Hill Bog

Added 17 June 2010.

Field trip report: Eglin Air Force Base

Added 17 June 2010.

Entire Nepenthes section updated, to include new data from McPherson's new books.

Removed on 6 May 2010.

The e-mail photo gallery removed.

Removed on 6 May 2010.

Field trip report: montane California

I added this trip to wintery Darlingtonia habitat.

Ranges of N. American CP updated, upon release of new BONAP data.

Added on 18 January 2010.

Nepenthes pitopangii of Sulawesi included.

Added on 18 January 2010.

Pages on N. American CP, i.e., faq5265 and faq7400, etc.

Improved geographic presentation of North American species; did not add new content. 18 January 2010.

D. filiformis and D. tracyi

Began the process of going through my web site, reflecting my new opinion that are best treated as two species. 13 January 2010.

Various catching-up-to-do updates: N. alba, D. amazonica, D. ×fontinalis, H. uncinata, H. ciliata, H. huberi, etc.

Added on 10 January 2010.

Infraspecific color forms and variants of Pinguicula in the USA added.

Added on 26 June 2009.

Nepenthes bokorensis of Cambodia included.

Added on 29 May 2009.

Utricularia cochleata of the Brazilian cerrado included.

Added on 28 May 2009.

Utricularia rostrata of Brazil included.

Added on 28 May 2009.

Nepenthes naga of Sumatra included.

Added on 28 May 2009.

Updated some tests on SUPERthrive.

Added on 9 April 2009.

Nepenthes attenboroughii of the Philippines included.

Added on 3 March 2009.

The e-mail photo gallery created.

Added on 9 January 2009.

Carnivorous plants of Australia and New Zealand described.

Added on 6 January 2009.

Carnivorous plants of Southeast Asia described.

Added on 29 December 2008.

Carnivorous plants of the Caribbean and Central America described.

Added on 19 December 2008.

Carnivorous plants of South America described, and all geographic pages demoted to subpages linked to a single page.

Added on 16 December 2008.

Carnivorous plants of southern Africa, and of the Middle East described.

Added on 12 December 2008.

Carnivorous plants of northern Africa described.

Added on 11 December 2008.

Carnivorous plants of mainland Asia described.

Added on 9 December 2008.

Carnivorous plants of Europe described.

Added on 4 December 2008.

suction traps and snap traps described.

Added on 2 December 2008.

Sticky traps and lobster pots described.

Added on 1 December 2008.

Added D. praefolia, D. aberrans, D. schmutzii, also adjusted a few species lists accordingly.

Updated 1 December 2008.

New Sarracenia hybrid names

Updated 1 December 2008.

Definition of a carnivorous plant, and carnivorous attributes #1, #2, and #3.

Added on 12 November 2008, as my thoughts on the matter solidified.

Field trip report: Virginia

A few pages added to the trip report on 3 November 2008, to reflect a trip back to the area.

African Drosera and Drosera checklist

Updated 23 October 2008 to add Drosera ericgreenii.

S. rubra, S. alabamensis, and related pages.

Updated 10 September 2008 to reflect my adoption of the usage of treating "S. rubra subsp. wherryi" as S. alabamensis subsp. wherryi.

P. lithophytica in Cuba added, Pinguicula checklist updated

Updated 2 September 2008.

"P. chuquisacensis" in Cuba noted

Updated 26 August 2008.

Genlisea in México

Updated 18 August 2008.

Carnivorous plants in México

Added 15 August 2008.

Catopsis range

Updated 14 August 2008.

Arctic carnivores

Added 2 May 2008.

Transplanting

Added 11 April 2008.

Perhaps Ibicella quasi-carnivory with true bugs

Updated 10 April 2008.

B. guehoi, N. peltata, Cuban Pinguicula, U. simmonsii, U. mangshanensis; species lists for Nepenthes, Pinguicula, Utricularia

Added new species information 9 April 2008. long overdue.

Field trip report: Florida panhandle

Added 7 April 2008.

Field trip report: Carolinas and Georgian low country revisited

Added 28 February 2008.

Field trip report: Carolinas and Georgian high country revisited

Added 15 February 2008.

Field trip report: Massachusetts and Vermont

Added 6 February 2008.

Field trip report: Montana

Added 8 January 2008.

Rosetted, rosetted, erect sundews added

Added 27 December 2007, an revised and expanded treatment of a formerly single page.

Field trip report: Western Australia #4

Added 21 December 2007.

Latin America sundews: Western Australia #3

Added information on new species Drosera solaris; 20 December 2007.

Field trip report: Western Australia #3

Added 17 December 2007.

Field trip report: Western Australia #2

Added 6 December 2007.

Pygmy sundews

Added information on new species Drosera gibsonii; 6 December 2007.

Field trip report: Western Australia #1

Added 28 November 2007.

Field trip report: New South Wales, Australia

Added 24 October 2007.

Google search engine

This search engine added to the front page to make the FAQ searchable.

FAQ v11.5 Upload!

Adding several hundred more images to FAQ. Started August 2007, finished September 2007; also a few new pages were added.

Major FAQ expansion and update, creating v11.0!

Morphing entire web site to CSS format, and updating all the pages as I do it! Started January 2007, completed August 2007.

Stylidium

Added because of compelling evidence; 8 December 2006.

Field trip report: Oregon field trip

Added 13 November 2006.

Field trip report: Idaho fen-hopping

Added 5 September 2006.

Darlingtonia pollination trip-log

Added 24 August 2006.

Dionaea propagation, Double Dionaea, Dionaea cultivars

Updated 7 July 2006 to include new plants in my book and other stuff.

Dipsacus

Added 2 July 2006 because I finally stopped to photograph some roadside plants.

Texas trip

Added 29 June 2006.

Dying flytraps, Field trip sites, Numbers of species

25 April 2006. Lots of additions in preparation for my new book, inc. S. rosea adoption.

Visiting plants, Pot types, Forums, Movies

1 February 2006. Various updates and additions.

Tissue culture, Darlingtonia cooling box

Added 1 February 2006. A few cool new sections added.

Field trip report: North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia mountains in 2005

29 August 2005. A new trip report added!

On Latin names

9 June 2005. Revised to make clearer.

CPs in movies

9 June 2005. A few new entries.

Field trip report: Mississippi and Lousiana in 2005

A new field trip report added May 2005.

Field trip report: New England in 2004

A new field trip report added 17 November 2004.

FAQ v10.0 RELEASED!

Finished August 2004. Having completed the citation project, all the FAQ thumbnails have been reposted at 120 x120 pixels, making for a much prettier presentation (the previous thumbnails were 80 x n, where n was the horizontal dimension and varied from image to image).

FAQ citation list

Finished August 2004. I have finally finished providing citations for all the FAQ pages. I started this project in May 2002!

Carnivorous orchids (Aracamunia, etc.)

Added 19 July 2004, just a few words, since so little is known.

faq3080.html, faq3100.html, faq6100.html, faq6240.html

Added/Updated 21 June 2004, based on reader suggestions and input

Field trip report: Ontario in 2003

Added 27 April 2004, sorry it took so long!

What do I do if I cannot find bugs?

Added 25 March 2004, having found a nice image for this page.

What is the Nepenthes clipeata Survival Program?

Added 3 March 2004, after the final draft was finished.

faq2160.html, faq1395.html, faq6100.html, faq6280.html

Updated 12 February 2004, just adding notes from readers.

faq3976.html, faq3978.html, faq4316.html

Updated 26 July 2003, to update the site upon the completion of the Sarracenia distribution project.

Field trip report: California (Sierra Nevada) in 2003

Added 26 July 2003, after a nice 4th of July trip in Lassen.

Field trip report: Okefenokee Swamp & south Georgia in 2003

Added 11 June 2003. A post-honeymoon frenzy of web-writing.

What movies (etc.) have references to carnivorous plants?

Updated 07 April 2003. I added a pile of references that had accumulated in my message box. Thanks to the contributors for these!

Are any carnivorous plants "noxious"?

Added 07 April 2003. I had time.

Does hydroponics work well for carnivorous plants?

Added 07 April 2003, because of a scattering of e-mail queries on the topic.

Field trip report: Southern Florida in 2003

Added 13 March 2003, after a nice trip.

What are the restrictions from the Endangered Species Act?

Added 23 November 2002 because I was on a roll!

What are ICPS Location Codes and how do they relate to conservation?

Added 23 November 2002 in anticipation of an ICPS conservation project.

What are ICPS "Location Codes"?

Added 23 November 2002 in anticipation of an ICPS conservation project.

What are ICPS "Location Codes"?

Added 23 November 2002 in anticipation of an ICPS conservation project.

Should a plant bought in winter be forced into dormancy?

Added 7 November 2002 because of popular demand.

This very page you are reading.

Added 7 November 2002 because of popular demand.

Can Venus flytraps digest human flesh?

Added 18 October 2002 because I am a sick person.

Field trip report: Virginia and New Jersey in 2002

Added 26 June 2002.

FAQ citation list

Started adding citations in May 2002 (see the August 2004 entry!)