Victoria 2020: Part 3. Mt Langi Ghiran
In the last months of 2020, I ventured into the Victorian countryside to document the carnivorous plants that grow there. I found several newly described taxa and learned so much…
Utricularia quinquedentata Species Profile
Utricularia quinquedentata is a terresterial bladderwort endemic to tropical northern Australia. The species is most notable for its diminuitive size. U. quinquedentata is named for the five lobes of the…
Utricularia dunlopii Species Profile
Utricularia dunlopii is a terrestrial bladderwort from the tropical Northern Territory and Western Australia. The species is notable for its extremely long filamentous appendages extending from the flower. Utricularia dunlopii…
Utricularia capilliflora Species Profile
Utricularia capilliflora is a terrestrial bladderwort endemic to the Top End of Australia. The species is named for the hair-like appendages on its flower. These antennae extend from the upper…
Utricularia adamsii Species Profile
Utricularia adamsii is a floating aquatic bladderwort known from Australia. It was described by Jobson in 2020 and was previous considered a form of U. aurea, although phylogenetic analysis shows…
Utricularia simmonsii Species Profile
Utricularia simmonsii is a terrestrial bladderwort endemic to tropical Australia. The species produces the smallest known flowers of the genus, measuring around 1 mm across. The wine-red blooms are fairly…
Utricularia dunstaniae Species Profile
Utricularia dunstaniae is a terrestrial bladderwort endemic to the the Top End of the Northern Territory and Kimberleys of Western Australia. The species is notable for the pair of very…
Utricularia linearis Species Profile
Utricularia linearis is an affixed aquatic bladderwort endemic to the Northern Territory. The species has a simple white flower roughly 1 cm long. The lower corolla lip flares outwards and…
Carnivorous Plant Time-lapse
Carnivorous Plant Time-lapse. These fearsome plants capture their living prey with intricate traps before digesting them for their nutrients. This project by Boaz Ng took over 3.5 years to shoot.…
Utricularia gibba Species Profile
U. gibba is an aquatic bladderwort with a global distribution. In Australia, it is mainly found along the coast of northern and eastern Australia. The foliage of U. gibba is…