Australian pitcher plants farm their own food
On the floodplain of the Jardine River, an interesting symbiotic relationship occurs between a Nepenthes pitcher plant and black ants. In this sandy but waterlogged swamp, many Nepenthes rowaniae x…
Natural Hybrids in Australian Nepenthes
All four species of Australian pitcher plants are early in the process of evolutionary divergence. Hybrids and introgressed taxa are very common in the floodplains of Cape York where multiple…
Drosera adelae Species Profile
Drosera adelae is a rainforest sundew endemic to the coastal ranges on and adjacent to Hinchinbrook Island, Far North Queensland. The species is associated with creek lines in a variety…
Drosera finlaysoniana Species Profile
Drosera finlaysoniana is a sundew in the section Arachnopus (indica complex) found across Australia and South East Asia. The species is named in honour of George Finlayson, a Scottish naturalist.…
Utricularia terraereginae Species Profile
Utricularia terraereginae is a species of Bladderwort endemic to Cape York, NE Australia. It is named after the state of Queensland (terra = earth, regina = queen). Utricularia terraereginae has…
Utricularia blackmanii Species Profile
Utricularia blackmanii is a bladderwort endemic to Queensland, Australia. The species is named after Archibald Hugh Blackman, who first collected it. Utricularia blackmanii has a medium-sized purple-coloured flower. The lower…
Drosera lanata Species Profile
Drosera lanata is a sundew in the section Lasiocephala endemic to Far North Queensland, NE Australia. The species is named after its thick covering of hairs that resemble a sheep's…
Drosera petiolaris Species Profile
Drosera petiolaris is a woolly sundew native to tropical Australia. This post describes plants at the type location on the Endeavour River near Cooktown which I observed in June in…
Utricularia foveolata Species Profile
Utricularia foveolata is a terrestrial bladderwort that grows in tropical Australia, Asia and Africa. The species is known for its twining habit where it wraps it flower stalks around other…
Utricularia minutissima Species profile
Utricularia minutissima is a bladderwort that grows in tropical Australia and SE Asia. The species is named for its small size. In Australia, U. minutissima has pink to white flowers…