>I live in Mobile, AL and I go to school in Auburn,AL. Where can I expect
>to buy carnivorous plants? I've bought the few I have from large home
>improvement stores. I can't seem to find out anywhere else to get them.
>Also, I've heard that the Botanical Garden in Atlanta, GA has the largest
>collection of carnivorous plants in the world. Has anyone seen them?
>I'm interested in going there and also to Roswell, GA where I've heard
>that they have a large collection and a resident CP expert.
>Alan
ABG certainly does have a fine collection of cps and it's worth a visit.
You are also lucky to be attending the right college as far as cps are
concerned. Auburn University has several ecology courses which contain
elements on cps and their habitats and there are some great lecturers
there who really know their stuff on these plants.
In response to Paul Temple's note on the mapping of cps, I have to
say I agree with him. I did a survey of the three federally
endangered Sarracenia earlier this year and I can't think of one
population that could withstand any more attention. I have to add that
this also applies to more co-ordination between agencies monitoring
these sites. Whether it's scientists, rangers or hobbyists visiting, feet are
feet and these populations are so fragile that they can't take much
more.
Mad
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Madeleine Groves
IUCN/SSC Carnivorous Plant Specialist Group (CPSG)
c/o Conventions and Policy Section
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AE
Tel:+44-(0)181-332-5743
Fax:+44-(0)181-332-5757
Email: M.Groves@rbgkew.org.uk