. In North Carolina and South Carolina on the eastern seaboard of the United States of America, there grows one of the most unusual plants in the world – the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula). The Venus Fly Trap is famous for its ability to trap insects through its rapidly moving leaves. Each leaf consists […]
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ISBN: 978-0-9558918-2-3 ISBN: 978-0-9558918-3-0 Pitcher plants include the largest and most spectacular of all carnivorous plants. So-called because they produce highly specialised foliage that takes the form of hollow, water-filled “pitchers”, these extraordinary plants lure and prey upon arthropods and other small animals. The pitcher plants of the Old World also trap the largest prey of […]
by Stewart McPherson and Victor Amoroso ISBN: 978-0-9558918-8-5 Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines is a beautiful and colourful overview of the twenty seven species of Philippine pitcher plants (Nepenthes). Several species featured in this work have been discovered only in the last two years and are documented here for the very […]
New Nepenthes Volume One
2012-04-25
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ISBN: 978-0-9558918-9-2 Never have so many new tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes) been discovered as during the three years since the publication of the first complete monograph of the genus in 2009. Among them are eighteen new species, two revised species, one new variety, and two new but incompletely diagnosed taxa from across Borneo, Indochina, New […]
ISBN: 978-0-939923-74-8 Pitcher plants are the largest and most beautiful of the world’s carnivorous plants and are viewed with fascination as objects of natural history and natural beauty by people of all ages, nationalities, and vocational callings. Pitcher Plants of the Americas is intended for a broad audience, and accordingly has been written in substantive yet […]
ISBN: 978-0-9558918-0-9 The tablelands of the Guiana Highlands are among the most spectacular yet least explored mountains of our world. Each is an immense sandstone plateau known locally as a ‘tepui’ that is encircled on all sides by gigantic vertical cliffs up to 1,000 metres tall. The summits of these unique mountains have remained isolated […]
ISBN: 978-0-9558918-1-6 The seven genera of sticky-leaved insect-eating plants are uniquely beautiful and captivate the interest of all who behold them. Each produces shimmering leaves lined with glistening droplets of glue that attract, trap and kill insects and other small animals. Complimented by 279 spectacular images, this work examines all seven genera of sticky-leaved insect-eating plants […]
