The Carnivore Collective - Bicol

28/02/2026

25/02/2026

Hindi pa ba kayo nakakapunta? Tara na! Today is the last day of our exhibit in room STA 201 until 3:00 PM.

25/02/2026

Hello ICPS member!

The March 2026 issue of CPN shipped on 11 February 2025.

Full members in the USA should have their printed copy by now. The PDF of the issue is now available on the ClubExpress website. 🐜

COLLEGE STUDENTS - we offer discounted ICPS memberships to universities and libraries! Contact your school and ask them to join us! 🦗

In this issue of the ICPS CPN, Andreas Fleischmann has a nice article about UV and plants which includes an explanation of what we see and what pollinators see. Please note that some of the fine details in the figures are more visible in the issue PDF and when released, the article PDF on the CPN website.

Contents of Volume 55 Number 1, March 2026

• 6th Annual World Carnivorous Plant Day May 6, 2026 — Kenny Coogan
• Carnivorous & Exotic Plant Symposium & Expo Kernersville, North Carolina—May 16–17, 2026 Update — Ernie Pages
• Restoring North Alabama’s Sarracenia oreophila bogs 2025 — Augustus Kirby
• Fundraising for the preservation of endangered Sarracenia — Katy Maxwell
• Uptake of lead by Nepenthes via their pitchers — Elizabeth M. Cusick and Francis Q. Brearley
• UV-induced fluorescence in the flowers of certain pygmy and tuberous Drosera and in the traps of Drosera barrettiorum — Andreas Fleischmann
• New cultivars — Aitor Tomás Reig and Alain Souralaysakd-Kim and Alexander Fisch and Théo Suwara and Zhikai Ma·Lishui
• Carnivorous plant with a carnivorous insect eating a carnivorous vertebrate — Mike Wang

The PDF of the issue is available on our
https://icps.clubexpress.com/ website. 🪲

The issue does not have a notice about the ICPS 2026 Conference in The Netherlands in the issue. Werkgroep Carnivora will host the ICPS 2026 Conference 21, 22, 23 August 2026 plus the excursion days 24, 25, 26 August at Hortus botanicus Leiden, The Netherlands.
Their website is https://carnivora.nl/. 🪳

Reminder: Full ICPS members get EARLY and FREE entry to our Carnivorous & Exotic Plant Symposium & Expo with a ticket which can be claimed at icps.clubexpress.com/ . This symposium and expo is taking place May 16-17, in Kernesrvillle, North Carolina! 🪰

20/02/2026

‼️UPDATED LIST ‼️

🌱🪰 Carnivorous Plants Available | The Carnivore Collective – Bicol 🪰🌱

We’re now offering a selection of healthy, well-grown carnivorous plants for fellow growers and enthusiasts!

Whether you’re a beginner or a long-time keeper, there’s something here for you 👀✨

🌿 Sundews (Drosera):
• Drosera filiformis (limited stocks)
• Drosera tracyii
• Drosera intermedia
• Drosera indica
• Drosera spatulata var. lovellae
• Drosera ordensis (1 left)
• Drosera burmannii
• Drosera burmannii HD (limited stocks)
• Drosera × eloisiana
• Drosera × tokaiensis
• Drosera serpens

🪰 Venus Flytraps (Dionaea muscipula):
• ‘Sinagtala’
• ‘Royal Red’
• ‘GJ Bloody Nurse’ (1 left)
• ‘Spider’

🪴 Pitcher Plants:
• American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)
• Tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes)
- ‘bloody mary’
- ventricosa

💧 Bladderworts (Utricularia):
• Utricularia warburgii

All plants are grown with proper care and suitable for collectors who value healthy growth and correct cultivation 🌱

Feel free to PM for inquiries, prices, and availability.
Let’s keep growing and sharing carnivorous plant love here in Bicol 💚🪴

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🌱🪰 Carnivorous Plants Available | The Carnivore Collective – Bicol 🪰🌱

We’re now offering a selection of healthy, well-grown carnivorous plants for fellow growers and enthusiasts!

Whether you’re a beginner or a long-time keeper, there’s something here for you 👀✨

🌿 Sundews (Drosera):
• Drosera filiformis
• Drosera tracyii
• Drosera intermedia
• Drosera indica
• Drosera spatulata var. lovellae
• Drosera ordensis
• Drosera burmannii
• Drosera burmannii HD
• Drosera × eloisiana
• Drosera × tokaiensis
• Drosera serpens

🪰 Venus Flytraps (Dionaea muscipula):
• ‘Sinagtala’
• ‘Royal Red’
• ‘Red Piranha’
• ‘Spider’

🪴 Pitcher Plants:
• American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)
• Tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes)

💧 Bladderworts (Utricularia):
• Utricularia warburgii

All plants are grown with proper care and suitable for collectors who value healthy growth and correct cultivation 🌱

Feel free to PM for inquiries, prices, and availability.
Let’s keep growing and sharing carnivorous plant love here in Bicol 💚🪴

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Pic for attention only 🌱

12/02/2026

Thanks for the collaboration! KRL Pets & Exo Hub

12/02/2026

🌱🪰 A Special First for The Carnivore Collective – Bicol 🪰🌱

We’d like to extend our sincere thanks to Sir Geoh for visiting and purchasing carnivorous plants from us 💚

As a group of carnivorous plant growers in Bicol, this visit marks a special milestone—the very first walk-in customer of one of our members, Kj 🙌

Plants adopted:
🌿 Drosera tracyii
🌿 Drosera indica
🌿 Drosera intermedia
🌿 Drosera burmannii
🪰 Dionaea muscipula ‘Sinagtala’

Thank you for the trust and support! Moments like this inspire us to keep growing, sharing, and strengthening the carnivorous plant community here in Bicol 🌱✨

Here’s to more walk-ins, more growers, and more thriving carnivores ahead!

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04/02/2026

Let's go! Send your entries here: 👇🏻

🌿 Carnivorous Plant Photo Contest 2026! 📸
Calling all plant lovers! Submit your best photos of carnivorous plants for a chance to win one of three 1-year ICPS memberships! 🏆
Categories include:
• Portraits of carnivorous plants
• Carnivorous plants in the wild
• People and plants (fun or serious!)

📅 Deadline: April 15, 2026
📤 Send your entries via email (JPEGS only). You can submit up to 5 photos — just make sure they’re your own!

👉 Full contest rules here: https://www.carnivorousplants.org/about/PhotoContests/PhotoContestRules

02/02/2026

🌱🪰 Thank You for Growing With Us 🪰🌱

We’ve just wrapped up our exhibit held last January 28–31, 2026 at Vista Mall Naga City, and we’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who dropped by, showed interest, shared conversations, and brought home our plants 💚

Your support truly means a lot to us and keeps this growing community alive.

✨ What’s next?

The Carnivore Collective – Bicol will be participating in Carless Saturdays at Barlin, Naga City on the following dates:

📅 February 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2026

Come visit us, check out our carnivorous plants, and say hi!

We’re excited to see familiar faces and meet new plant enthusiasts 🌿🪴

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27/01/2026

Art, aquascaping, and unforgettable experiences all in one place.
Catch The Carnivore Collective at Aquatic & Art Wonders

January 28–31 — don’t miss us at Vista Mall Naga!

Aquascaping Naga City
The House of little Wonders
Bicol Artist Tribe