Plants in the wild: Nepenthes villosa
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…
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 extrema in the wild – 77 points!
Drosera binata is a species complex that displays extreme variation across its range. One particular variety, known in the hobby as Drosera binata var. multifida f. extrema (a long and…
Utricularia grampiana
Utricularia grampiana is a relatively obscure species endemic to the Grampians mountain range (and a neighbouring peak) in Victoria, Australia. This annual species forms attractive en-mass blooming events during the…
Drosera neocaledonica grows in swamps with a laterite soil base.
Plants in the wild: Drosera neocaledonica
Drosera neocaledonica is endemic to the pacific island of New Caledonia. It is adapted to the leached laterite soils of the highlands where it grows in swampy flats. Drosera neocaledonica grows…
adelae
Plants in the Wild: Drosera adelae
Drosera adelae is the easiest species to cultivate amongst the three Queensland rainforest sundews. I can now understand why after observing the species growing wild in a wide range of…
Drosera schizandra Species Profile
Drosera schizandra is a species of sundew endemic to a single mountain in Far North Queensland, on the tropical north eastern coast of Australia. Along with its cousins D. adelae, D.…
A Journey Through Sumatra – Part 3 (North Sumatra)
Read Part 1: Jambi Read Part 2: West Sumatra Lake Toba Having already experienced the horrors of the Trans-Sumatran Highway, I shuddered as I boarded the overnight, overly air-conditioned bus.…