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 spatulata of alpine New Zealand
In the volcanic fields of the Tongariro alpine national park grows a diminutive form of Drosera spatulata. This form is truly adapted to an alpine lifestyle, growing 1,200 m asl…
novae-zelandiae
Utricularia dichotoma subsp. novae-zelandiae
An alpine form of Utricularia dichotoma subsp. novae-zelandiae In light of the recent taxonomic revision of the Utricularia dichotoma complex by Jobson (2020), I revisited some of my old photos…
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…
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…