Drosera peltata in Sydney
Drosera peltata is a winter growing species commonly found around coastal Sydney. It can usually be found growing on seasonally moist moss beds atop sandstone or in shallow peaty deposits.…
Drosera burmannii
Drosera burmannii is a rosetted annual species widely distributed from Asia to Australia. It is usually associated with tropical climates, although it can be found down to Sydney, where it…
Drosera burmanni in Sydney
Drosera burmanni is one of the most widespread sundews, with a range reaching from East Asia, through South East Asia to Australia. In Sydney, the plants are limited to a few…
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…
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
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…