Feb - New England Carnivorous Plant Society

NEW ENGLAND CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY
(www.NECPS.org)
February, 2012 Newsletter
This month’s meeting will be held on
Saturday, February 11 at 12:30 PM* at:
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI
http://www.providenceri.com/botanical-center/
*If you want to help prepare for the ICPS show, please arrive at
11:30 AM For a special preparatory meeting (same place).
NECPS Mission Statement
"The mission of the New England Carnivorous Plant Society shall be to share,
to gain knowledge of, and to achieve expertise in all phases of growing,
education, appreciation, and conservation of carnivorous plants in both culture
and in native habitats."
President’s Message
29 Days. Leap year, 29 days.
No matter what the calendar says, February is the LONGEST
month of the year in New England. Forget the 28 (or 29 this year)
days that stare at you from beneath the picture on the wall. Try to
make it through a New England winter, a New England February, and
you will realize: February is the longest month of the year.
For southern New England, the ‘snow window’ where we get
the most snow is the first 2 weeks of February. Even though the sun
is getting higher (it has been adding time to each day since the
December winter solstice) the days cannot go by fast enough. Many
of us still go to work or school in the dark, and come home in the
dark. Get enough vitamin D, the Sun Vitamin? Not anywhere close in
a New England February. Any of you old enough to remember the
‘Blizzard of ’78’? Yes, it was in February.
Yet, if you look, February has it’s beauty. The snow on the trees
after a night snowfall, with the sun all ablaze. The sight of snow on
the beaches. The bright red berries of Winterberry (Ilex verticilatta)
that one can see as you motor past places that will be wet in the
spring. We get winter visitors occasionally, like the Snowy Owl that
has come down from the tundra to spend time along our shore (The
closest thing we have to tundra here are the rocky beaches)
And the Flower Shows. We are lucky here in Southern New
England to have some great flower shows, in Providence and
Hartford. Shows the NECPS participates in and exhibits in. And, we
have the February NECPS meeting, an exciting meeting with a
program of dividing Sarracenia rhizomes. More plants, what can be
better on a cold February afternoon, a week after the Super Bowl is
over (thank you, N.Y. Giants!). Spending time in a meeting working
hands on with plants, or spending time at a flower show talking about
amazing plants.
29 days this year. The longest month of the year it seems. But I
know a few days that will make it easier and happier this time round.
See you at the NECPS meeting, and at the flower shows!
John Phillip, Jr
NECPS
Founder and President
NECPS Program for February: February 11 at 12:30 PM
“Splitting Sarracenia”
To follow our January meeting on propagating Nepenthes, this
meeting will focus on dividing Sarracenia, along with other tips for
growing carnivorous plant bogs! If you bring your own overgrown bog,
you may just multiply your collection! We will also discuss our
participation in the two upcoming flower shows in Providence and
Hartford, detailed below.
Announcements for February
• RI Spring Flower and Garden Show, in Providence RI on Feb 23
thru 26. We will have a display garden (Vignette) at this year's
Providence Flower Show.
We will need artistic help BEFORE the show working on a display for
the plants, and we WILL NEED PLANTS FOR DISPLAY for the show
itself. The plants will need to be in the display Wednesday 22 Feb
and will NOT be available to be removed before Sunday evening.
ALL plants will be safe, but we need great looking plants of all size!
Please look over your collections and let John Phillip
(johnatthebeach@cox.net) know what you have available. This is a
huge opportunity for the NECPS to show off and publicize the ICPS
show! The NECPS is getting help financially from the flower show
itself setting up this display so we need to do a FANTASTIC JOB.
Thank you.
• Connecticut Flower Show at the convention in Hartford. We have
had booths here in the past, and we plan to again. The show will
take place from Thursday, Feb. 23 to Sunday, Feb. 26. More
information at the following link:
http://www.ctflowershow.com/pages/welcome.asp
Library News:
Below is the current NECPS Library Listing:
Title
Lost Worlds 2 DVD set
(copy)
Carnivorous Plants of the
World
Gardening with Carnivores
Growing Carnivorous Plants
cryptozoo crew
Pitcher Plants of the
Americas (softcover)
Pitcher Plants of the
Americas (hardcover)
The Nature and Properties of
Soils
ICPS Newsletters, multiple
Media
Date
Date
Taken Returned
Signed out by
NECPS
Member
Magazine
Author
Redfern Natural
History Productions
Limited
James and Patricia
Pietropaolo
Nick Romanowski
Barry A. Rice
allan gross & jerry
carr
Book
Stewart McPherson Shaun Montminy
Book
Stewart McPherson John Phlllip,Jr.
Book
Magazine
Nyle C. Brady
Random authors
Monica Halpen,
National
Geographic
Science Chapters
Bob Rafka
Shaun Montminy
Random authors
Warner Home
Don Gallant
Shaun Montminy
DVD
Book
Book
Book
Venus Flytraps, Bladderworts,
and Other Wild and Amazing
Plants
Book
ICPS Newsletters, Apr 1972 Dec 2006 (copy)
CD
Little Shop of Horrors (DVD) DVD
Donated by
John Phlllip,Jr.
Shaun Montminy
Shaun Montminy
Shaun Montminy
Dave Sackett
Black Jungle???
copy
The Curious World of
Carnivorous Plants
Death Trap (copy)
Hungry Plants (grades 2-3)
Hungry Plants (grades 2-3)
Glistening Carnivores
The Savage Garden
Lost Worlds of the Guiana
Highlands
Pitcher Plants of the Old
World Volume One
Pitcher Plants of the Old
World Volume Two
Allen Lowrie - Scientific
papers/photos, Oct 2008, CP
Presentations at ICPS
Conference - Sydney Sep
2008
Video
Wilhelm Barthlott,
Stefan Porembski
Nature
Mary Batten, Step
into Reading
Mary Batten, Step
into Reading
Book
DVD
Kids
book
Kids
book
Black Jungle???
Shaun Montminy
Black Jungle
Book
Black Jungle
Stewart
Stewart McPherson McPherson???
Peter D ' Amato
Shaun Montminy
Stewart
Stewart McPherson McPherson???
Stewart
Stewart McPherson McPherson
Stewart
Stewart McPherson McPherson
CD
(copy)
Allen Lowrie
Book
Book
Book
Book
Lost Worlds 2 DVD set
(original) not to be taken out DVD
ICPS Newsletters, Apr 1972 Dec 2006 (original)
CD
Little Shop of Horrors
(original) not to be taken out DVD
Death Trap (original) not to be
taken out
DVD
Allen Lowrie - Scientific
papers/photos, Oct 2008, CP
Presentations at ICPS
Conference - Sydney Sep
CD
2008
(original)
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Kenneth Sicard
Redfern Natural
History Productions
Limited
John Phlllip,Jr.
Don Gallant
x
Random authors
Warner Home
Video
x
x
Nature
Shaun Montminy
x
x
Allen Lowrie
Kenneth Sicard
Shaun Montminy
- Please contact me to suggest books that should be purchased or if you have books to
donate.
- The NECPS Library inventory and library policy has been attached to the end of the
newsletter.
~ Don Gallant, Librarian
NECPS Officers and Contact Information:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Membership Secretary
Treasurer
Librarian
Webmistress
Newsletter Editor
John Phillip, Jr.
Emily Troiano
John Lombardi
Position Empty
Dave Sackett
Don Gallant
Nicole Syrlik
Ben DeMeo
johnatthebeach@cox.net
Emily.troiano@gmail.com
john_elle@hotmail.com
Bid2win1@yahoo.com
d.gallant89@gmail.com
selkie@hvc.rr.com
30howland@gmail.com
NECPS Website: www.necps.org
NECPS Yahoo Group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NECPS/
NECPS Library Policy
The loan period for all items including: books, magazines, and videos are 1 month with one
renewal period. No renewals are allowed for books, magazines and videos on reserve.
All material will be stored at a secure location deemed by the library committee and confirmed by
the Executive board.
Failure to bring back books within 2 months will result in loss of borrowing privileges!
Any member wishing to check out any NECPS library materials must present a valid membership
number. Cards are not transferable. You are responsible for any materials checked out in your name.
NECPS library patrons may take out one (1) item, as they are willing to be responsible for.
NECPS library patrons may sign up for one (1) additional book such that at the end of the meeting if no
one has already signed up for the item you will be allotted to take that item for the duration until the next
meeting. When there is a high demand for a particular item, there will be a limit of one (1) item per
person. The only exception to the above rules are for approved functions by the Executive board that are
sponsored by the NECPS may reserve any and all material providing a months notice is given to
guarantee that material will be available.
The NECPS Library reserves the right to determine charges for lost or damaged materials and
the right to deny borrowing privileges to anyone who has library materials overdue for more than two (2)
months to the NECPS library or owes fines amounting to more than ten dollars ($10.00) from the NECPS.
The NECPS library also reserves the right to deny borrowing privileges to any parent or guardian whose
child and/or children have the above delinquencies.
All material taken from the NECPS library is the responsibility of the NECPS library patrons. For
one of a kind items NECPS library has the right to refrain from loaning the material and may keep it as a
reference item to be viewed solely at meetings and functions.
Please be kind. Rewind the videos before returning them to the NECPS library. Patrons are
responsible for damage to videos, so please be careful. Never leave the tape partially rewound as this
can cause damage to the tape. Also, videocassettes and equipment are to be used at room temperature
as extremes of heat and cold may damage the video or equipment. Also exposure to magnetic fields can
cause erasure or distortion.
The NECPS library is not responsible for damage to patron's VCR that may result from damaged
or defective videos.
The copyright proprietor has licensed the picture contained in these videocassettes for private
home use only and prohibits other use, copying, reproduction, or performance in public, in whole or in
part. (U.S. Code, Title 17, Sec. 501 & 506).