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…
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…
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…
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…
Drosera aberrans is a tuberous sundew found in the south east of mainland Australia in Victoria and South Australia. It grows in a wide range of ecosystems and soil types. The…
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.
Byblis liniflora produces digestive tentacles even on its flower stalk! The genus looks superficially similar to Drosera but is not related.
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…
The ‘extrema’ form of Drosera binata loosely refers to plants found in northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland that grow many more leaf bifurcations than their southern counterparts. I’ve…
Drosera auriculata is a winter growing tuberous species from eastern Australia. Drosera auriculata grows in a wide variety of niches, including temperate rainforest, schlerophyll forest and heathland. It is variable in…