Yellow Flowered Drosera Binata in New Zealand
One of my goals in New Zealand was to find the yellow-flowered form of Drosera binata. The plants have delicate sulphur-coloured blooms that only open on sunny days. When growing…
Wild Drosera binata extrema – 112 points!
The Drosera binata from northern New South Wales reach massive proportions. Plants here regularly attain 30-50 leaf points. Exceptional specimens branch once more on each tip to double the count.…
Drosera binata extrema in Queensland
Queensland forms of Drosera binata are consistently many-times bifurcated and often pink flowered. The species is predominantly found in heathland habitats, mainly in the south east corner of the state.…
Giant Drosera binata in the Southern Highlands, NSW
The Southern Highlands is a region south of Sydney notable for its sandstone plateaus. Heathlands are common at the top of these plateaus, forming atop the shallow sandy soils that…
Post-fire blooming of Drosera binata in Budderoo National Park
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…
Drosera binata – Blue Mountains
Massive vertical swamps occur in the Blue Mountains wherever groundwater from the plateaus seeps out of the sheer valley cliffs. Drosera binata hangs off these walls, enjoying the constantly wet…
Drosera binata after fire
Fire is integral to many Australian ecosystems, acting to clear the landscape for a new generation of plants. In many locations, it is only after fire that Drosera binata appears.…
Victoria 2020: Part 2. The Grampians
In the last months of 2020, I ventured into the Victorian countryside to document the carnivorous plants that grow there. I found several newly described taxa and learned so much…
Fiordland
Back in 2015, 18 year old me visited the stunning Fiordland region of New Zealand's South Island to do some hiking and find some sundews. This area is characterised by…
Drosera binata varieties in the wild
Drosera binata is a unique species of sundew characterised by its bifurcating leaves. In cultivation, several forms have been described, which are usually somewhat arbitrarily defined by coloration and the…
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