The New England Carnivorous Plant Society will hold its November meeting on November 2 from 12:30 – 2:30 at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, 1000 Elmwood Avenue in Providence. The meeting is free and open to the public. In November, the speaker will be Mike Graziano, on the topic of the genus Pinguicula. For more information visit http://necps.org
Pinguicula, commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants that use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 13 are native to Europe, 9 to North America, and some to northern Asia. The largest number of species is in South and Central America.
