I found this single patch of Utricularia in the Kosciuszko National Park all with malformed flowers. All the blooms had duplicated palate ridges and ruffled corollas, and many specimens had…
From left to right: Drosera hookeri. Cressy, Victoria, Australia.Drosera gunniana. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Drosera peltata. Budderoo, New South Wales, Australia.Drosera gracilis. Bundara, Victoria, Australia.Drosera auriculata. Mount Buffalo, Victoria, Australia.Drosera lunata. Castlereigh,…
In November 2021, I found a population of a putative natural hybrid between Utricularia oppositiflora and U. barkeri in the Grampians region. The upper corolla lip of the hybrid was…
Drosera peltata occurs in moist coastal heathland in East Gippsland, on the Victorian side of the border with NSW. The plants here are mostly tall (>30cm) with well-spaced inflorescences held…
This year's display of Utricularia uniflora in the Blue Mountains was particularly impressive, with ridiculously large specimens in high numbers hanging off the cliffs.
The end of December seemed to be the peak blooming period for this Blue Mountains population of Utricularia dichotoma subsp. aquilonia. This subspecies usually grows on the banks of shallow…
In the gullies of the Blue Mountains, the creeks erode the variously porous layers of sandstone, forming seepages out of the rockface. Drosera binata colonises these seepages, sometimes to incredible…
Following a prescribed burn in March, the Drosera binata in Budderoo National Park were induced to bloom en mass in December 2021. The burn cleared a creek gully of its…
Aldrovanda vesiculosa - the waterwheel plant - is the aquatic cousin of the Venus Fly Trap, with underwater snap traps that are formed in whorls along a floating stem. Aldrovanda…
Last time I visited this swamp, high rainfall meant that it was full to the brim and Utricularia biloba only grew terrestrially at its edge. This year, the water level…