====== Trifid 2008/2 ======

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===== Utricularia delphinoides – sapphire jewel of the East =====
**Martin Spousta**

There are lots of secrets about trying to keep this plant outside of its natural environment. Important information about natural habitats are also in the article.

===== A. Lowrie's window =====
**Allen Lowrie** (translation by **Zdeněk Žáček**)

A taxonomic revision of //Drosera// section //Stolonifera//, part I. A great description of the first two species of the tuberous sundews group, //Drosera fimbriata// and //Drosera  humilis//.

===== Forgotten heliamphora – Heliamphora macdonaldae =====
**Stewart McPherson** (translation by **Zdeněk Žáček**)

There are still many differences between //H. tatei// and //H. macdonaldae//. It is a pity that many growers think about this unique plant only as a //H. tatei// variety.

===== Pitcher plants in "in vitro" culture =====
**Michal Kouba**

An useful article about //in vitro// technique with a stress on how to clamp down possible contamination.

===== A report about the visit to carnivorous plants locations in the Třeboň basin =====
**Adam Veleba**

The author visited many bog fields and wet meadows in the Třeboň area where a large majority of Czech carnivorous plants grow. There are many carnivorous species found in quite small area and the author describes the findings of six of them.

===== What is interesting in the Liberec Botanical Garden: Heliconias – Plants of legends =====
**Miloslav Studnička**

Heliconias are very tall tropical plants with flowers pollinated by humming birds. The name is not the only thing which is divine and mythological.

===== Mirek Zacpal's Australian diary – Drosera binata on rocks =====
**Mirek Zacpal**

A trip to the Blue Mountains was very successful and the author found many examples of this famous plant growing in a very broad temperature scale.

===== Interinfo: supplement about not only Darwiniana events and other informations =====
  * Report of the Darwiniana general meeting in Liberec: Entry of the official part and voting of the General meeting in Liberec
  * New books: Stewart McPherson – //Lost worlds of the Guiana Highlands//, //Glistening Carnivores//
  * Carnivores in Brno – notes about the Brno exhibition
  * Report from the public forum
  * Librarian recommends…

===== Fungal and bacterial diseases of plants – fytotoxicity of fungicid agents =====
**Veronika Krejčová**

===== Short articles =====
  * **A review of the Živa magazine** – What you can read in the current issue.
  * **Jan Cvrček: How to manage the decay of Sarracenias**
  * **Michal Rubeš: Growers – the real pest**
  * **Michal Rubeš: Visit to Česká Lípa’s natural habitats of carnivores and orchids**
  * **Attention! Competition - Finding a plant with a story!**
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