Utricularia grampiana in fog
Water droplets collect on the flowers of Utricularia grampiana during a foggy morning on Mt William.
Drosera hookeri
Drosera hookeri is an erect tuberous sundew native to east and south-east Australia. Drosera hookeri growing in SE Melbourne. Note the strongly branching structure, with side stems emerging around half…
Drosera gracilis
Drosera gracilis is an erect tuberous sundew native to eastern Australia. It is a member of the D. peltata complex but is distinguished on the basis of its stature and…
Colour variation in Utricularia beaugleholei
Variations in flower colouration are often seen in Utricularia, perhaps because many species grow as annuals from seed so large populations have thousands of individual genetically distinct specimens. Chance mutations…
Utricularia beaugleholei
Utricularia beaugleholei is an annual bladderwort native to the plains of south-east Australia, mainly in Victoria, but with substantial populations in South Australia and sightings in NSW. This species grows…
Comparing Drosera hookeri and Drosera gunniana of the Melbourne region
Drosera hookeri and Drosera gunniana form a complex of plants with somewhat controversial taxonomy. In mid October, I investigated the differences between D. hookeri and D. gunniana in the Melbourne…
Nepenthes ampullaria – Sumatra
In 2018, my travels took me to the Harau Valley in West Sumatra, a scenic region where tall sandstone cliffs rise dramatically out of the rice paddies below. After climbing…
Nepenthes albomarginata
Nepenthes albomarginata is named for its distinctive band of white trichomes under its peristome. These trichomes are attractive to termites, which feed on them and inadvertently become prey themselves when…
Nepenthes eustachya
Nepenthes eustachya is a lowland species endemic to Sumatra. The plant produces some of the most gaudy traps in the genus, with pitchers coloured with splashes of cream, red and…
Drosera pycnoblasta
Drosera pycnoblasta is a pygmy sundew found in arid regions of south west Western Australia. Its specific epithet refers to its distinctive stipular bud, which consists of overlapping thick stipules…