HARTMEYER CARNIVOROUS PLANTS (CP)

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- last update: 2010 August 29 -

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The World Conference 2010 takes place in Leiden (Netherlands). 

>EEE 2008 in Mira (I) pictures<

CPS Netherlands

>EEE 2007 in Leiden (NL) pictures<

THE FLORIDA CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY

Our new film ON CP-TOUR WITH STEWART MCPHERSON

The premiere took place in 2010 August 14 at the Botanical Gardens of the University Basel during the annual Swiss CP-meeting.  The film is a co-operation with the famous author of CP-books Stewart McPherson, who kindly provided his camera shots from several trips to the Guiana highlands, which we processed and edited for a DVD. To be seen are the amazing landscapes of different tepuis including many carnivores like i.e. Drosera meristocaulis, Utricularia jamesoniana and all 18 until 2010 known species  of the genus Heliamphora. But also Ledothamnus decumbens, a sticky insect-catcher on its way to carnivory, two species Brocchinia and diverse rare orchids make this documentary with many breathtaking helicopter flights on, around and above the tepuis a really unique film experience. The DVD is now available, please order by email.

€ 25,- plus postage.  Please click on the cover for more information.

14 days time lapse of Byblis liniflora show clearly that the carnivorous genus Byblis moves its leaves by pulvinus (thickening at the leaf or flower stalk base, enabling movement). This has first been noticed and published in 2008 by Brian Barnes (USA). Interestingly enough this amazing feature has apparently not been recognized or mentioned by other authors who described the different species of the Rainbow Plant in the past. We could find no text mentioning this fact prior to Brians examinations. So our congratulation for this finding goes to Brian Barnes (USA), ICPS director of conservation and president of the Florida CPS. Our topic time-lapse footage enables everybody to enjoy a genus (all Byblis species move by pulvinus) that not only moves a leaf by occasion, no, the "2 weeks in 1 minute" compression shows a nearly permanently moving plant.

But such a movement, what is it good for?

Easy to see now: a new trapping leaf and a flower stalk (wearing one flower bud on the tip) both emerge from the leaf axil and both grow up erect to catch flying prey until the flower bud opens. Now a pulvinus is developed in the common leaf axil and the sticky trapping leaf moves down, not to endanger approaching pollinators. The flower is still hold erect. After pollination took place, the pulvinus shows a new thickening and now the flower stalk with the ripening seed-pot on the tip moves down and soon after that movement is finished the seed-pot facing down to the soil opens and seeds are released without sticking to to the gluey plant. Due to the fact that the mainly annual plants (except Byblis aff. gigantea) are rapid growers, the time-lapse of some plants looks like a fascinating group of ballet dancers.

Enjoy our CP-videos gratis on our embedded YOUTUBE screen.

TRIPLE "E" MEETS TRIPHYOPHYLLUM

Excerpts from our DVD now gratis on YouTube.

German translations

of modified excerpts from the amazing CP-books by Stewart McPherson.

Overview and links: All CP-books by the successful author.

Our report on the ICPS World Conference in Tokyo 2002 gratis on YouTube (16 parts). Now including index and short description.

Conference language Englisch

Yes, it is still alive:

Zoropsis spinimana, the invasive spider living in our greenhouse.

Our film "Enjoy Your Meal, Part 1" features this story meanwhile on YouTube.

We show unique pictures of the  snap-tentacles. Now with new photos!

Please find also our film on these tentacles on YouTube.

German language: Our video lecture on Drosera tentacles on YouTube (in 5 parts).

After 11 years a special exhibition "carnivorous plants" took again place from 2010 March 20 to 28 at the Regio-Messe Lörrach (trade fair). A display with large plants and movies from our HUNTING VEGGIES^® fund could be seen and many visitors' questions found competent answers by prominent members of the German CP-society GFP at our info-corner. A plant sale (nothing comes from nature!) with the large range of Germanys' oldest CP-nursery, Thomas Carow, has been organised by the fair authorities. More than 60,000 visitors enjoyed the show. Also in the name of the exhibition managment we like to thank everybody who helped us to make this great event so successful.         

More CP videos

Don't hesitate to take a gratis glance: http://bbproductions.smugmug.com/gallery/8294231_FrmAA/1/543524115_v6A2a

Recommended books

Fascinating books by Stewart McPherson. We warmly recommend them!! 

(click on a cover for more)

A new spider arrived in Germany

In autumn 2008 we realised surprised that several spiders of species Zoropsis spinimana live latterly in our garden. Originally from Northern Africa and the Mediterranean this species is spreading north with the climate change and has first been detected in Germany only some five years ago. Since the nights became colder a large female immigrated into our tropical greenhouse, hunting for prey during the nights. If one comes up to the spider while it is sitting at the wall it shows a remarkable warning. It walks forward for some 20 cm, raises four frontfeet and shows its fangs (right picture). We have seen something like that only with large birdspiders until now. However, we decided to tolerate and to observe the immigrant. It did not harm anybody until now.

Since more than 10 years we find also several centipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata, right picture), called "Spinnenläufer" in the German language. Like Zoropsis this nocturnal predator also immigrated from the Mediterranean since temperatures are rising.

 For more information (German language) click on the spider.

Nepenthes truncata caught 4 adult mice during 15 months at our greenhouse

This confirms again the abillity of tropical pitcher plants to catch even small rodents. This story has been published 2007 by the "Weiler Zeitung", the "Oberbadisches Volksblatt" and even by Indonesias top horticultural journal "TRUBUS". Our detailled examination on the digestion of such large prey has been published in DAS TAUBLATT (GFP) in February 09, and can also soon be found in the English language on this website. The story has also been edited as film for our topic DVD  TRIPLE "E" MEETS TRIPHYOPHYLLUM.

>NOW ON YOUTUBE<

Mouse 1 April 07

Mouse 2 Juli 07

Mouse 3 April 08

Mouse 4 Juli 08

1^st article:  Ratz fatz aus die Maus

Articolo 1 in italiano

English translation 1^st article

Artikel 2 in German: Die Truncata lässt das Mausen nicht

Our DVD Triple E Meets Triphyophyllum

Our documentation on rapid moving marginal sundew tentacles

DVD  DROSERA: Snap-Tentacles And Runway Lights

First time presented at the ICPS world-conference 2006 in Frostburg (USA), our film was meanwhile also available as free download on the internet. Actually for the first time we feature a sundew (D. glanduligera) in detail that moves its tentacles as fast as the famous Dionaea snap-traps. And our systematical examination of more than 100 world-wide Drosera species - focussing on their glandless marginal tentacles - brought up even more surprises, as references to the origin of the genus more than 100 Mio years ago on the past continent Gondwana. Our results have also been published in Australian, German, and Italian CP-journals (see links below) and we are still very pleased about the great interest and feedback. The DVD is available in the German and English language and provides all information in an entertaining way for everybody interested in botany, however, with a serious scientific background appreciated also by CP experts.

The Badische Zeitung (Germany) wrote 2006 August 11: (translated) ... a DVD on sundew herbs ... showing impressive macro- and microscope pictures with 200-fold magnification.

The amazing  movement of the D. glanduligera snap-tentacles can meanwhile be seen on YouTube (click on text).

Drosera glanduligera:

Der Sonnentau mit Klapp-Tentakeln

(Das Taublatt)

Verborgene Vielfalt:

Die Schnelltentakel der Gattung Drosera

(Das Taublatt)

Clandestine Diversity:

 Snap-Tentacles of Genus Drosera

(Carniflora Australis)

Drosera hartmeyerorum

Der Sonnentau mit Lichtreflektoren

(Das Taublatt)

La diversità nascosta:

i tentacoli a scatto nel genere Drosera

(AIPC Magazine)

Urtümliche und moderne Tentakel unter dem Mikroskop

(Das Taublatt)

DVD reviews

microscope pictures

DVD description

Just one feedback from the ICPS-Forum, USA

"Oh my goodness gracious! If you have not downloaded a bit torrent so you can view some of these videos, you are most assuredly cheating yourself! With the help of "Not a Number", I downloaded a bit torrent and some other application and was able to download and watch "Snap Tentacles and Runway Lights". Impressive would be an understatement. I'll be downloading more of their free videos, that's for sure. Please, treat yourself to one download. You won't be disappointed. A big thank you to each and every one of the people who made "Snap Tentacles and Runway Lights" available for free download."

DVD HUNTING VEGGIES^® featuring BORNEO EXOTICS

(Sri Lanka, December 2004)

>NOW ON YOUTUBE<

Not only since we provided a free download on the internet, this movie found a very nice feedback. Robert Cantley himself guides us through his Nepenthes lowland nurseries near Colombo, and through his highland nurseries near Nuwara Eliya. His comments on numerous beautiful pitcher plants guarantee a really entertaining report, not only for Nepenthes experts. We also document the large- scale propagation by tissue culture at the sterile laboratory. Our footage provides numerous botanical titbits for every friend of tropical pitcher plants, however, also some very sad moments can be experienced, when hundreds of wonderful Nepenthes must be destroyed for licence reasons - incredible pictures that we received by Robert Cantley.

Vermehrung durch Zellkultur

Nepenthes ampullaria

Nepenthes distillatoria

Nepenthes ephippiata

Nepenthes lowii

Nepenthes villosa

Nepenthes veitchii

Nepenthes x trusmadiensis

more DVD screenshots

article Nepenthes@Borneo Exotics

Nepenthes truncata feeds on mice

Website BORNEO EXOTICS

Some hints for navigation

On top of the page "Topics for quick navigation" shows all of our topics. Our "collection listing" informs about the species we grow. Green colour shows that a small amount is available. Details on available plants can be found at "offers". All plants have been propagated at our greenhouse from seeds, cuttings or by division. Nothing comes from nature! Our collection - exactly spoken those species protected by CITES - are registered at the Regierungspräsidium Freiburg (responsible authorities) since 1986. With "articles and reports" you will find our publications, translations, and also some book and DVD reviews.

We provide pictures from our collection, examinations with our USB-microscope, information on the unique trapping strategies of particular plants like Drosera glanduligera or Drosera hartmeyerorum. A page with changing content informs about our topic activities and shows even more photos. Or find information on some "TV-broadcasts" which we participated, like "Welt der Wunder" (Pro7 TV), "Treffpunkt im Grünen" (SWR TV) and even in Stefan Raab's famous "TVtotal" latenight show. 

Or enjoy pictures of the European Carnivorous Plant Exchange and Exhibition (EEE) 2007 in Leiden (NL), information on Christa Hartmeyers' book "Gezeitenwechsel im Hochharz" (only German language), and we recommend several serious links.

Since March 2009 numerous of our CP-films can be found on YouTube. Just select a footage on the embedded video screen and enjoy our gratis movies with a simple mouseclick.

One of very few serious addresses for everybody suffering "ringing ears": Deutsche Tinnitus Liga

Their website provides also information in the English language.