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		<title>Quotations / Musings</title>
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QUOTATION / MUSINGS
This is a collection of quotations, text, writings and musings related to carnivorous plants and conservation.

Horrors of the Pitcher Plant world
By David
On the faithful day of 27 January 2007…
I had a visitor….
A visitor to my tiny cubicle…
My little corner in the office…
Its her, its her…
It’s my new boss…
Visiting my little space…
What words would she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dormancy For VFTs In The Tropics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author: Tiong Soon, Kuala Lumpur
Edited By: David
Date: 22 December 2006
Venus Flytraps require a period of dormancy or rest every 1-2 years. In its first 2-3 years it will continue to grow. However, after a while its traps will grow smaller, petioles go shorter and broader (these are the autumn leaf) and the speed of its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/dionaea/dormancy-for-vfts-in-the-tropics/</link>
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		<title>Cultivation Of Drosera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Basic Cultivation Guide To Drosera
Drosera are the most diverse carnivorous plants in the world with over 170 species on almost every continent in the world. Therefore in order to grow them well, we need to research the location and climate conditions where these plants come from. Generally all sundews need wet, low nutrient media to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/drosera/general-drosera-cultivation/</link>
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		<title>Monocot Plants And Aldrovanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written By: Rich aka rsivertsen - Northwest New Jersey, (USA)
It is important to grow Aldrovanda in very close proximity to large monocot plants that produce massive root systems, which provide a constant supply of CO2, and absorbs the excess nitrogenous matter in teh water. Aldrovanda needs CO2 to thrive and low nitrogen water to prevent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/aldrovanda/growing-monocot-plants-with-aldrovanda/</link>
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		<title>Misconceptions/Facts About Aldrovanda Plants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written By: Rich aka rsivertsen - Northwest New Jersey, (USA)
Growing Condition
First, the term &#8220;Aldrovanda Pond&#8221; is in itself misleading! When someone mentions the word &#8220;pond&#8221;, it invokes images of a fairly large body of free standing water, at least several meters in length, and a depth of about &#8220;knee deep&#8221; to &#8220;waist deep&#8221; or more; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/aldrovanda/misconceptions-and-facts-about-aldrovanda-plants/</link>
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		<title>Cultivation of Aldrovanda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written By: Rich aka rsivertsen - Northwest New Jersey, (USA)
It&#8217;s taken me about 20 years to finally understand these plants; as simple as they may appear, they actually have a very complex symbiotic relationship with several other plants and organisms in a close knit niche, and without most, or all of these members present, in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/aldrovanda/cultivation-of-aldrovanda/</link>
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		<title>Germinating Byblis Seeds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source of Information: Jonathan Cheong / David
Edited by: David
Date: 17 July 2007
In the wild, the byblis plant depend on bush fires to stimulate the seeds to germinate before the rainy season. Some growers use smoke treatment to germinate their seeds. This means they place the seeds in a container and smoke the seeds inside the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/byblis/germinating-byblis-seeds/</link>
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		<title>Drosera solaris, a new sundew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The original pdf files and infroamtion have been taken from http://www.bgbm.org/willdenowia/willd37/article37214.htm and http://www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/drosera_solaris
A new species of Drosera was discovered in September 2005 in the Pakariama Mountains of western Guyana. It is know from a small plateau in the Pakaraima Mountains southeast of the famous Mt Roraima, which is located at the border of Venezuela, Guyana anmd [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/drosera/drosera-solaris-a-new-sundew/</link>
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		<title>Conservation of Carnivorous Plants in Malaysia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are blessed that Malaysia is the center of distribution for the largest carnivorous plant in the world; the genus, Nepenthes… or better known locally as Pitcher Plants, Monkey Cup or Periuk Kera in Bahasa Malaysia. Malaysia is also home to other amazing carnivorous plants such as Drosera and terrestrial or aquatic Utricularia.
However, this natural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/resources/carnivorous-plants-in-malaysia/</link>
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		<title>The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments with the aim to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
Because the trade in wild animals and plants crosses borders between countries, the effort to regulate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.petpitcher.com/resources/the-convention-on-international-trade-in-endangered-species/</link>
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