The purple-flowered bladderworts of SE Australia are closely related and hybrids occasionally occur where two species grow together. In this large swamp in the Grampians, both Utricularia barkeri and U.…
In the peaks of the Grampians, the cold weather results in an interesting branched morphology and stunning red colour in Drosera auriculata. It is not common for temperatures to dip…
High winter rains and an unseasonably cool and wet spring in Melbourne has generated an amazing crop of Utricularia barkeri this year. At this location, the bladderwort grows in ditches…
In a reserve in SE Melbourne, we found a natural hybrid between Drosera auriculata and D. gunniana. Both parent species grew in intermixed populations, so it's not unusual that the…
Drosera falconeri was first reported in 1980 from a collection near the Finiss River in the Top End of the Northern Territory, where the pH of the soil of the…
This article also appears in the ICPS CPN The Author would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which this expedition took place, including the Larrakia, Werat,…
The hills of SE Melbourne provide refuge for sundews that have been spared from agriculture and urbanisation of the land. I explored the area on the first day of spring,…
Remnant patches of bushland persist in the suburbs of SE Melbourne. A small patch of Drosera planchonii grows along a few meters of track. This species only flowers during warm,…
Throughout my travels across Victoria, I have come across some taxa within the U. dichotoma species complex that don't quite fit the descriptions or range outlined in Jobson & Baleeiro's…
The flood plain of the Howard River near Darwin is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems for carnivorous plants in the world. These plains comprise a thick deposit of sand,…