The charter meeting is Feb. 22nd, 12-3'ish pm, which will feature
a display and sale, meeting, raffle and auction. Meetings
and newletter are scheduled 4 per year. For '92, Feb 22, May 16,
Aug 9, and Nov 14.
Items:
CP will be on display at the Concord Garden Show, last weekend
of April. Volunteers needed.
Conservatory in Golden Gate Park [a large glasshouse which is
a scale "miniature" of the Kew Garden (as I recall) conservatory.
It has a couple of BIG, OLD, Nepenthes plants in the hot rooms.
They're probably about 20+ years old.] plans to establish a CP
collection [They've been selling Gubler CP in the giftshop some-
times]. They are looking for donations, which are tax deduct-
ible [I don't know if this means plants or money, or both.]
Contac Chris Hewitt at the Conservatory, Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco, CA 94117, or call at 415-666-7017 between
7:30am and 3:30pm.
One of the BACPS members, Hawkeye Rondeau, has just published
a book on native CA CP. He describes all the native species
and where they may be found. [I've met this guy, and he doesn't
field collect CP. He's a character, reminds me of Grizzly Adams,
or a Harley rider]. "Carnivorous Plants of California" is
available from him at 37 Sunnyslope Ave, San Jose, CA 95127.
408-929-6529. 45 pages, 7 color plates, $15.95 + postage.
He's also got a want ad looking for the location of more native
CP sites. Will purchase @ $1.00 pg., or swap for equal
portions of his database on CA, OR, and WA distributions.
The newsletter will take submissions for the next issue if given
by March 1. Shall I mention our little newsgroup here in case
anyone else has net access?
Robert