Little do people realize that Cal State Fullerton has quite an extensive collection of carnivorous plants. I discovered this during my first or second semester when the LA Weekly ran a story on a club of remarkable individuals who grew the meat-eating vegetation as a hobby. Listed among the members was Ed Read, who ran the greenhouses near CSUF's McCarthy Hall.
A year or so later, I took a tour of the greenhouses with Mr. Read himself. He was so very helpful while also laid-back. The man really knows his plants, and since this is something he also does when not on the clock he really loves to talk about them. If you go to take pictures, he'll walk around with you, tell you about each plant, and write the name of it on a piece of paper and hold it in front of the plant for you so you'll be able to identify it later.
CSUF also has several specimens of titan arum (a.k.a. corpse flowers), the plant that smells like rotting meat when it blooms (which is considered a big deal when it does blossom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_publicised_titan_arum_blooms_in_cultivation).
The greenhouses just tend to go unnoticed by the general student population, and they're quite a gem. Ed cultivates all sorts of carnivorous plants, some of them rare in the States like Albany Pitcher Plants from Perth, Australia.
It's completely free to walk around the greenhouses, but it would be best to call Ed ahead of time so he knows who you are and what you're doing. read more