The Carnivorous Plant FAQ v. 11.5
- courtesy of -
The International Carnivorous Plant Society

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).

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!)
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Revised: May 2008
©Barry Rice, 2005