NZCPS Christchurch Newsletter

Newsletter No. 11

April 2001

Again, it was good to see some more new faces at the last meeting. It was, however, decided at the last meeting to reduce the number of meetings held over the winter so April’s meeting will be the last for a couple of months. Thus if you haven’t attended a meeting yet this is your last chance for a while. Also discussed at March’s meeting was the topic for the upcoming April meeting – The humble Venus Flytrap. Accordingly, there will be a selection of different types of Venus Flytrap on display as well as a discussion on their cultivation and propagation at the next meeting. Hopefully there will also be a few specimens of the more unusual varieties available for sale.

Remember to collect seed from your plants as it ripens and send any surplus into the seed-bank.

Drosera arcturi - Mt Ruapehu x 25
Drosera binata - Lake Ohia x 3
Drosera binata - Otaki Forks x 3
Drosera binata - Pueora x 13
Drosera binata x 5
Drosera capensis x 5
Drosera peltata ssp. auriculata x 3
Drosera stenopetala - Otaki x 8
Drosophyllum lusitanicum x 10
Nepenthes gracilis - Kentridge, Singapore x 2
Pinguicula lusitanica x 3
Pinguicula moranensis x 1
Proboscidea louisianica x 18
Sarracenia flava x 2
Sarracenia purpurea ssp.venosa x 1
Utricularia monanthos - Queenstown, Tasmania x 4

Important bits regarding seed:

• When ordering seed, make sure you include an S.A.E.
• Seed costs $1.00 per packet.
• Cheques should be made out to NZCPS-Christchurch Branch.
• If you wish to donate seed, please put the harvest date on it and ensure that it is free of floral parts – this will make the job of the seed-bank director that much easier.
• Once any donated seed has been divided up into saleable packets you will be credited with 1 packet of free seed for every 3 packets that result from your donation.

Seed orders and donations should be sent to:

Fern Norton
Seed Bank Director
P.O. Box 7
Sefton
North Canterbury

Alternatively the seed-bank should be available at most meetings.