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…
Comparing Utricularia dichotoma, grampiana, barkeri, uniflora and aff. dichotoma Maddens Plains
March 2020 Update: A new review of the U. dichtoma complex (Jobson 2020) has been published so the information in this article might not reflect the current taxonomy, especially at…
Variation in Utricularia uniflora
Utricularia uniflora exhibits wide variation in its colouration and petal shape. This seems to be somewhat related to its immediate environment. All these blooms were found on a single cliff…
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…
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…