Post by Flytrap on Oct 2, 2007 12:08:32 GMT -5
Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation, by Wilhelm Barthlott Ph.D.
Well... actually, it's an English translation of a German CP book "Karnivoren. Biologie und Kultur Fleischfressender Pflanzen ". Those Germans ... always a step ahead in neat stuff!
Here's a link to the publisher's website:
www.timberpress.com/books/isbn.cfm/9780881927924/curious_world_carnivorous_plants/barthlott
It's also available at our Canadian "Chapter's" on-line book store.
But if our colleague kenboorman has it on his bookstore "Lisa's Lair": www.lisaslairbookstore.com/ ... I'd pick it up from him.
Here's the write up on the publisher website:
Here's another book:
Pitcher Plants Of The Old World
by Stewart McPherson
I had purchased his earlier book "Pitcher Plants of the Americas" earlier this year, and was really happy with the photos and contents. Stewart is a younger fellow (compared to an old geezer like me)... and I am very impressed with his knowledge and passion.
Here's some info on his new and upcoming book:
Check out their website... it's got some really spectacular photos from the upcoming book. Here's a partial intro cut and pasted from their website:
www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/ppotowscatpage.htm
Can't wait to add these fine publications to my collections of written joy
David
Well... actually, it's an English translation of a German CP book "Karnivoren. Biologie und Kultur Fleischfressender Pflanzen ". Those Germans ... always a step ahead in neat stuff!
Here's a link to the publisher's website:
www.timberpress.com/books/isbn.cfm/9780881927924/curious_world_carnivorous_plants/barthlott
It's also available at our Canadian "Chapter's" on-line book store.
But if our colleague kenboorman has it on his bookstore "Lisa's Lair": www.lisaslairbookstore.com/ ... I'd pick it up from him.
Here's the write up on the publisher website:
The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants
Coming soon!
A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation
By Wilhelm Barthlott, Stefan Porembski, Rüdiger Seine, and Inge Theisen
Translated by Michael Ashdown
Plants that trap and eat animals have inspired awe since before the days of Darwin. Lured into the danger zone by optical, tactile, and olfactory strategies, the prey succumb to ingenious traps and face their doom. But unlike plants that temporarily catch insects for pollination, the true carnivores go considerably further: they digest them for the nutrients they need to survive in extremely inhospitable sites on land and in water. This exquisite, thoroughly up-to-date book, copiously illustrated with closeup photography, provides the first comprehensive listing of some 630 known carnivorous plant species, described in fascinating detail, with identification history, physiology, ecology, and an extensive bibliography. It is an essential reference for hobbyist, naturalist, and collector alike.
Here's another book:
Pitcher Plants Of The Old World
by Stewart McPherson
I had purchased his earlier book "Pitcher Plants of the Americas" earlier this year, and was really happy with the photos and contents. Stewart is a younger fellow (compared to an old geezer like me)... and I am very impressed with his knowledge and passion.
Here's some info on his new and upcoming book:
Check out their website... it's got some really spectacular photos from the upcoming book. Here's a partial intro cut and pasted from their website:
www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/ppotowscatpage.htm
Release Date; Autumn 2007
Overview
Pitcher Plants of the Old World documents in unique detail the spectacular diversity and wild ecology of the Asian and Australian pitcher plants Cephalotus and Nepenthes. This work focuses on the most spectacular and the least known species of this group and includes the largest of all carnivorous plants which trap not only insects but occasionally rodents and other small vertebrates.
First discovered in the 17th century, the old world pitcher plants have fascinated botanists and naturalists for centuries through the intricate beauty of their leaves and the efficiency by which they trap animals. The introductory chapters of this work provide an overview of the systematics, wild ecology, biogeography, conservation, and horticulture of the old world pitcher plants and is enhanced through the use of over 300 spectacular colour photos depicting over 50 remarkable species of pitcher plants, in many cases for the very first time.
The following chapter explores the relationship between people and the old world pitcher plants over time, starting with the earliest encounters over three hundred years ago which led Victorians explorer to undertake epic voyages to find and collect new species of old world pitcher plants to return and cultivate in colonial-era hothouses across Europe.
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Can't wait to add these fine publications to my collections of written joy
David