Cultivating Carnivorous Plants

For me it is not a comparison of books as this field is so new we gleen new information from each book. I especially like the way the author organizes the information which makes the format useful. I appreciated the clear photos and planting information.

This is one of the best books I have gotten so far on CPs.

The infor.ation in the book seems good, but the book cover and First few pages or upside down and backward. Also most of the page numbers have partially or completely dropped of the bottom of the pages. Makes it hard to go directly to a page.withoit ot being numbered.

Excellent book. Covers entire spectrum of plants and cultivation. Detailed descriptions and information. Well-known author.Will be helpful as I try to cultivate plants. Well known author.

This was exactly what I was looking for-a big book of knowledge about the different carnivorous plant species with pictures and informative text about each one! It also gives advice on how to best care for them

This is a great book. It's very informative and the charts are nice. Unlike other books I've read it doesn't really beat around the bush it gets straight to how to grow the plants.

I really like this book. Someday I will have some. No, place right now.

I was prepared to be disappointed by this book but actually found it to be decent. I have grown Carnivorous plants for 35 plus years. I also own about every English language book about Carnivorous plants published since Darwin's Insectivorous Plants (with the exception of some of the juvenile titles), as well as many in French, Japanese and other languages. Consequently, I am fairly qualified to assess this title in comparison to some of its predecessors.First, I believe that its author's aspiration to be the "Ultimate Guide to growing carnivorous plants" is an overreach. It is, however, a solid survey book. It is ambitious in its coverage of the multiple genera of carnivorous plants. It has nice photographs of plants in cultivation and in their natural habitats. For the true enthusiast, the treatment of each genus is necessarily brief to allow incorporation into just one volume. For more in-depth studies of the natural history of each, I would recommend the many titles by Stewart McPherson, who has written, or co-written many volumes each devoted to one type or at least, one geographical region.Mr. Greyes has incorporated a great deal of cultivation information, drawing from the years of research on these plants. Clearly, he has had great success in his growing and so this book easily supplants many of the early books(Pietrapolo, Schwartz, Adrian Slack, Marcel Lecoufle). Today, cultivation may include tissue culture, lights, even fertilizers which were once considered unwise.This book should be considered an excellent resource for the beginner or even the advanced novice. It is also an attractive book to have as part of an overall collection. Nonetheless, if I had to recommend one book to someone starting out, it would be The Savage Garden, revised edition, by Peter D'Amato. It contains more information, better photographs and better paper/print quality. At $17 dollars, it is half the price of Mr. Greyes book and probably a superior work.

Great in depth information for begineers and good reference book for the rest. Author knows his stuff. Great read. Enjoyed

Il libro NON è quello originale ma una ristampa fatta da amazon, la qualità della stampa e della carta è pessima. Ho segnalato ad amazon l’accaduto e mi hanno riferito che avrebbero provveduto a modificare la pagina dell’articolo enfatizzando il fatto che il libro è stampato da amazon, ma a quasi un mese dall’acquisto (e reso) ancora non è stata fatta alcuna modifica.Amazon sta vendendo un prodotto che non è assolutamente quello che viene pubblicizzato, questa è una procedura più che scorretta..

Nice book good photos. Lots of useful information

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