Adrian Slack

Adrian Slack is an author and authority on carnivorous plants. He is the author of two books: Carnivorous Plants (1979, 2005) and Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them (1986, 2006).^[1]

Both of Adrian Slack's books are considered to have excellent cultivation information and are highly regarded in the carnivorous plant community. After a long time out of print, both of them have recently been reissued. Slack has developed hundreds of cultivars and many have been named after him.^[2] The sundew species Drosera slackii was named in his honour.^[3][4]

Slack was featured on a 1981 episode of Nature Watch^[5] and in an accompanying book published the same year.^[6]

References

1. D'Amato, P. 1988. "Book review: Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them." (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 17(4): 125–126.
2. Meyers-Rice, B. & J. Schlauer 2000. Cultivars developed by Adrian Slack. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(4): 104–105.
3. Cheek, M. 1987. A new species of Drosera from South Africa. Kew Bulletin 42(3): 738.
4. Gibson, R. 2000. Drosera slackii – a living jewel from South Africa. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(4): 107–109.
5. Nature Watch: Adrian Slack. BFI Film & TV Database.
6. Pettifer, J. & R. Brown 1981. Adrian Slack: Playing God with the Plants of Prey. In: Nature Watch. Michael Joseph, London. pp. 59–73. ISBN 0718119940.

• Cantley, R., M. Cheek, P.F. Gardner, P. Mann, B. Meyers-Rice, N. Parker & P. Temple 2000. "Favorite anecdotes on Adrian Slack." (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(4): 109–116.
• D'Amato, P. 2000. Savage Garden: Slack-potting the dewy pine. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(4): 101–102.
• Marthaler, O. 1996. "An addition to Adrian Slack's comment on Nepenthes burbidgeae (improbable) cuttings." (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25(3): 94–95.
• Parker, N. 1996. Carnivorous plants at Millfield School. The Carnivorous Plant Society Journal 19: 38–41.