Carnivorous plants of the Blue Mountains
The cliffs of the Blue Mountains are home to six or seven species of carnivorous plants. Water constantly drips down the vertical walls and creates peat accumulations which support these…
Plants in the Wild: Drosera oblanceolata and its Hybrids
Drosera oblanceolata is a species that grows in the South East corner of China and is the country’s only endemic sundew. The form most common in cultivation originates from Lantau Island…
Plants in the wild: Nepenthes villosa
In 2016, I was fortunate enough to observe Nepenthes villosa growing in the wild on my climb of Mt Kinabalu. Occurring at the highest elevations, the species grows in a specialist environment…
aberrans
Drosera aberrans Species profile
Drosera aberrans is a tuberous sundew found in the south east of mainland Australia in Victoria and South Australia. Drosera aberrans has a small rosette of flat lying leaves around 3-5…
Drosera pygmaea
This pygmy species from eastern Australia forms a rosette of white reflective leaves during its summer dormancy. Where water is available, specimens continue to grow carnivorous leaves.
Alpine Drosera of the Tongariro Region, New Zealand
The scenery began to change as I left the agricultural flats of Taranaki and ventured deep into the Forgotten World Highway. Slowly, the fields began to undulate and I was…
Drosera binata extrema in the wild – 77 points!
Drosera binata is a species complex that displays extreme variation across its range. One particular variety, known in the hobby as Drosera binata var. multifida f. extrema (a long and…
Utricularia grampiana
Utricularia grampiana is a relatively obscure species endemic to the Grampians mountain range (and a neighbouring peak) in Victoria, Australia. This annual species forms attractive en-mass blooming events during the…
Drosera neocaledonica grows in swamps with a laterite soil base.
Plants in the wild: Drosera neocaledonica
Drosera neocaledonica is endemic to the pacific island of New Caledonia. It is adapted to the leached laterite soils of the highlands where it grows in swampy flats. Drosera neocaledonica grows…
adelae
Plants in the Wild: Drosera adelae
Drosera adelae is the easiest species to cultivate amongst the three Queensland rainforest sundews. I can now understand why after observing the species growing wild in a wide range of…