International Carnivorous Plant Society - ICPS

🪨🌿 Build your own carnivorous plant display!

Join us at the 15th ICPS Conference for a hands-on workshop:Create a Mexican Butterwort Rock

Hosted by Sandra van den Brom

🕒 Friday 15:00 · Saturday & Sunday 13:30
⏱️ Duration: 1 hour

Discover the fascinating world of Mexican *Pinguicula* and their natural habitats before creating your own “ping-rock”—a beautifully arranged miniature landscape featuring these unique butterworts.

With expert guidance, you’ll design and assemble your own living composition using stone, soil, and plants. Best of all? You’ll take your finished creation home—perfect for a bright windowsill!

✨ A fun and creative way to bring carnivorous plants into your home.

📌 Limited spots available—reservation required!

🌿 Part of the 15th International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference
📍 Hortus Botanicus Leiden
📅 August 21–23, 2026

🎟️ Register now: https://carnivora.nl/

🎨 Carnivorous plants meet creativity at the 15th ICPS Conference!

During the conference, visitors can take part in special hands-on workshops—open to both ICPS attendees and Hortus visitors exploring the exhibition or plant market.

🖊️ Botanical Drawing: Mini Workshop Sarracenia
Hosted by botanical artist Marloes Vreeburg

🕒 Friday 13:30 · Saturday & Sunday 9:30
⏱️ Duration: 2 hours

In this guided session, you’ll create your own botanical drawing of a Sarracenia pitcher using graphite. After a short introduction, you’ll work from a live specimen, with expert tips and guidance throughout—plus time to refine your piece at your own pace.

✨ A relaxing, creative way to slow down, observe closely, and appreciate the beauty of carnivorous plants.

📌 Limited spots available—reservation required!
Bring: an A4 folder to take your artwork home

🌿 Part of the 15th International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference
📍 Hortus Botanicus Leiden
📅 August 21–23, 2026

🎟️ Register now: https://carnivora.nl/

Nepenthes rafflesiana upper pitchers on full display—elegant forms built to lure and trap prey 🌿🪰

📸 Photo by Julia Nagai (Kashiwa, Japan)

Drosera capillaris sparkling with dewy tentacles—tiny but deadly to passing insects ✨🪰

📸 Photo by Homer Michael John Olea (Camarines Sur, Philippines)

Dionaea muscipula from a personal collection—classic traps ready to snap on unsuspecting prey 🪰🌿

📸 Photo by Mario Ortiz

Nepenthes lingulata showing off its striking, elongated pitchers—ready for its next meal 🪰🌿

📸 Photo by Jess Gibson (California)

🌿 The 15th International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference is almost here!

Join growers, researchers, and enthusiasts from around the world for a one-of-a-kind celebration of carnivorous plants at the historic Hortus Botanicus Leiden.

📅 August 21–23, 2026
🎉 “40 years of Dutch Werkgroep Carnivora”

Expect three days of fascinating talks, presentations, and special activities—all surrounded by one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.

🌱 PLUS: Carnivorous Plants at the Hortus
A spectacular public exhibition will run August 21–30!

🧭 Daily guided tours highlighting remarkable species

Whether you're attending the conference or just visiting the exhibition, this is a rare opportunity to experience the incredible diversity of carnivorous plants in a truly historic setting.

🌍 Stay for more! Post-conference excursions (Aug 25–27) visit top nurseries and botanical collections across the Netherlands. ⚠️ Excursions are filling up fast!

🎟️ Register now: https://carnivora.nl/

🌿 Speaker Spotlight: Meredith Griffith

From the cloud forests of Ecuador to the peaks of the Andes—join Meredith Griffith as he shares his search for the elusive Pinguicula species of Ecuador!

Based in Portland, Oregon, Meredith has been growing carnivorous plants since the mid-1990s. In recent years, his passion has taken him deep into South America, hiking through Colombia and Ecuador in 2023 and 2024 to document and experience these stunning butterworts in their natural habitats.

📸 Expect incredible field insights, breathtaking landscapes, and a closer look at Pinguicula diversity in Ecuador.

🌍 Part of the 15th International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference
“40 years of Dutch Werkgroep Carnivora”

📍 Hortus Botanicus Leiden
📅 August 21–23, 2026

🎟️ Register now: https://carnivora.nl/
⚠️ Excursions are filling up fast!

🔬 Solving a botanical mystery…

At the 15th International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference, don’t miss “Solving the mystery of pollination in antennae-flowered Utricularia” presented by Thilo Krueger!

Thilo, a PhD student at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, is uncovering the hidden relationships between carnivorous plants and their pollinators. Through extensive fieldwork, his research explores ecology, taxonomy, conservation, and fascinating plant–animal interactions like prey capture and pollination.

🌍 His work even includes describing new species and assessing conservation status for threatened plants—critical for protecting these incredible ecosystems.

📍 Join us at Hortus Botanicus Leiden
📅 August 21–23, 2026

🎟️ Registration is open now: https://carnivora.nl/
⚠️ Excursions are filling up fast!

Photos:
Utricularia dunlopii
Utricularia capilliflora & Utricularia dunstaniae
Utricularia capilliflora

Nepenthes rafflesiana from Brunei, Borneo—lush, vibrant pitchers thriving in their natural habitat 🌿🪰

📸 Photo by Charlotte Andrew (Cambridge, UK)