Nepenthes albomarginata Species Profile
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 Species Profile
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 Species Profile
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…
Drosera sargentii Species Profile
Drosera sargentii is a pygmy sundew especially known for its long, thin stipular bud. Drosera sargentii is a small plant, growing rosettes of around 1.5 cm in diameter. The petioles…
Drosera trichocaulis Species Profile
Drosera trichocaulis is a pygmy sundew endemic to the south coast of Western Australia. I observed the plants growing in the Manypeaks area and Fitzgerald River National Park where inhabits…
Nepenthes rhombicaulis Species Profile
Nepenthes rhombicaulis is mainly known from a few mountains in the Toba region of North Sumatra, where it grows in the highlands above roughly 1,500 m elevation. The species often…
Drosera spatulata var. gympiensis
Drosera spatulata var. gympiensis grows in southern Queensland. This form is distinguished from Drosera spatulata var. spatulata by its floral scapes. The scapes are very short and borne close to…
Drosera spatulata Species Profile
Drosera spatulata is a rosetted sundew widespread across Australasia, SE Asia and E Asia, growing from New Zealand up the east coast of Australia, across SE Asia to China and…
Drosera thysanosepala Species Profile
Drosera thysanosepala is a scrambling sundew endemic to the sandy heathland north of Perth. The species is named after its fringed sepal margins (thysanotos = fringed, sepalum = sepal). Drosera…
Drosera subhirtella Species Profile
Drosera subhirtella is a scrambling tuberous sundew widespread throughout south-west Western Australia. The species is notable for its sulphur yellow flowers, a feature unique to the Drosera of WA. The…