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With regard to sundews in Western Australia it is redundant to call many species rare as there are so many locally endemic species. What is rare about these photos is capturing flowering plants of D monticola which are quite underrepresented in literature and on the net.
Droera monticola is restricted to several high elevation peaks in the Stirling Range north of Esperance in WA. For this hike all flowers were closed during the ascent, but a few began to open with enough sun during the descent of the mountain - allowing for these few photos.
Insectivorous plant. Plumas County, California, USA.
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This location represents just a small fraction of larger populations of this magnificent species in nature. A very easy location to visit and see it all within 5 minutes. Handicapped accessible and very easy to walk.
This has been growing in my office window for several years. It has finally bloomed. I had to capture its wonderful curves.
Image © Roger Butterfield. Not to be used without express permission.
Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) - close-up of a new leaf unfolding.
Photographed at Rocher Bog, near High Bradfield, South Yorkshire (UK).
Today we went to Down House, the home of Charles Darwin from 1842 until his death in 1882.
These are some of the carnivorous plants in his greenhouse.
This location represents just a small fraction of larger populations of this magnificent species in nature. A very easy location to visit and see it all within 5 minutes. Handicapped accessible and very easy to walk.
After years searching, I finally found it in the wild. Lovely dews, lovely little plants.
長柄毛氈苔為多年生草本，半直立由中心蓮座長出，無莖，高約10公分，溫帶的種類在冬季會長出休眠芽。
長柄毛就像所有的毛氈苔一樣，具有兩種腺體--有柄的腺體（stalked）負責分泌黏液，利用濃稠的蜜汁吸引獵物，獵物會被黏液悶死或力竭而亡。捕捉到獵物後，無柄的腺體（sessile）開始分泌消化液，分解吸收獵物，補充在這片貧瘠的土地所缺乏的養分。
長柄毛氈苔花期為 6 至 8 月，從中心抽出約15公分的花梗，約 3 - 8 朵花。受精後子房膨大成卵狀，形成蒴果，裡面含有大量細小的種子。
Many thanks to Jim Fowler for taking time to help me fulfill the dream to see these wonderful places.
The Pitcher-plant is the most numerous insectivorous plant growing in bogs and fens. I saw many in the Oliphant Fen in the Bruce Peninsula. The hollow leaves are filled with water and trap insects. A close-up of the odd-looking flower.
The carnivorous plant, Drosera cistiflora, is a South African sundew which captures and digests small insects on tentacled leaves covered in and enzyme-rich mucilaginous exudate. Many sundew species exhibit some slow leaf movement and will wrap around larger prey items. Drosera cistiflora is known for large showy flowers with a rainbow of different color variants. This white flower form is considered the "type-variant" which was originally described for the species in the 1800's. These plants are quite showy and for this trip many were in full bloom.
Drosera cistiflora is a widespread highly variable and polymorphic species of sundew from the western Cape region of South Africa. there is tremendous variation in flower size and color as well as stem and leaf morphology. For this region, there are current research efforts to identify and reclassify this 'species' into multiple classifications. The late afternoon light provided a spectacular setting for these images.