You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘carnivorous plants’ tag.
by Cynthia Jackson, posted by Deb Shaw
From the New York Times article post: Hardwicke’s woolly bat, flying into a pitcher plant, Nepenthes hemsleyana, where it roosts. The plant attracts the bats to feed on their guano. It does not eat the bats. Photo credit: Ch’ien C.
BAGSC member Cynthia Jackson forwarded a link to a New York Times article, Plants that are Predators, posted online September 14, 2015.
The article highlights numerous carnivorous plants, including the Nepenthe pictured here.
During the “Weird, Wild & Wonderful” Symposium, Mieko Ishikawa gave a workshop on painting Nepenthes, and also discussed them in her lunchtime keynote about painting the plants of Borneo. She showed photographs of one Nepenthe that serves as a toilet for a rodent.
More stories and photos about the “Weird, Wild & Wonderful” Symposium will be posted soon.
Thank you Cynthia for the link!
by Deb Shaw
BAGSC member Lisa Pompelli will be teaching a botanical art class about carnivorous plants at The Huntington during the month of November:
Nepenthe, watercolor by Lisa Pompelli, © 2014, all rights reserved.
Botanical Watercolors: Carnivorous Plants
Saturdays, November 1 – November 15, 2014
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Members: $245. Non-Members: $275.
Explore the unusual world of sarracenias, nepenthes, sundews, and other carnivorous plants while honing your botanical watercolor skills. Prior drawing experience recommended. Register online with Brown Paper Tickets, or call 800-838-3006. A supply list will be sent upon registration.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is located at:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
BAGSC News 