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Drosera helodes is a pygmy sundew from Australia. It is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests tiny insects in the sticky dew it produces on its leaves. This adaptation allows them to grow in nutrient poor soils. The pygmy sundews produce gemmae which are modified buds of tissue that can detach from the parent plant and grow into a new plant that will be a clone of the original.
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Drosera helodes gemmae. The pygmy sundews of Australia produce gemmae in the winter which are tissue buds that are capable of gowing into a new plant that is genetically identical to the parent plant.
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Drosera omissa x pulchella. One of the fun things about pygmy Drosera is that the flowers can be almost as large (and in some cases much larger) as the actual plant.
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Pygmy Sundew Drosera omissa x pulchella. The pygmy sundews are native to Australia. This man-made hybrid is probably the easiest to grow in cultivation. They are about the size of a penny when full grown. Pygmy sundews can be easily propagated by the gemmae that they produce in the winter.
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As I was driving through the Stirling Range, I made a stop by a rocky road cut. Growing among the rocks was population of cute little Sundew plants (Drosera sp.). Even though it was raining, I had to take a few photos. My best guess is that this is a Shaggy Sundew (Drosera scorpioides). Stirling Range National Park, in Western Australia north of Albany.
As I was driving through the Stirling Range, I made a stop by a rocky road cut. Growing among the rocks was population of cute little Sundew plants (Drosera sp.). Even though it was raining, I had to take a few photos. My best guess is that this is a Shaggy Sundew (Drosera scorpioides). Stirling Range National Park, in Western Australia north of Albany.
An orange-flowered species of Pygmy Sundew, which I presume to be Drosera miniata. Lesueur National Park, in Western Australia, near Jurien Bay.
Pygmy or Tiny Sundew Drosera pygmaea, Myamyn, Victoria.
A very small carnivourous plant, only a few millimetres across, that grows in damp area of sandy heath.
The Australian Pitcher Plant was first observed by European science in 1801 and to this day remains one of many enigmatic plants of Australia. Cephalotus has no direct relation to any of the other four known genera of pitcher plants of the world. Cephalotus follicularis is one of 100+ species of carnivorous or insectivorous plants which inhabit southwestern Australia - home of the greatest concentration of carnivorous plants in the world. It is likely that there are nearly as many species of Drosera (sundews) in soutwestern Australia as there are all species of carnivorous plants worldwide.
Plants in this series are from one of five sites visited for Cephalotus on a trip with Redfern Natural History Expeditions in October 2018. On the trip, we photographed nearly 100 species of carnivorous plants and many additional orchids during 2 weeks of travel in a relatively small area of southwest Australia.
I presume that this Drosera is the Shaggy Sundew (Drosera scorpioides). Stirling Range National Park, in Western Australia north of Albany.
Drosera minutiflora
All of the little droplets of moisture waiting for an insect to come along and get stuck. (Natural flypaper)
These are very tiny plants about 1cm across so the insects it catches are also tiny.
Check the lamina(leaves) out closer.
This is my favorite pygmy sundew flower. I have been waiting all year to see this flower in bloom so I can take pictures of it and marvel at its orangeness and its beauty. Unfortunately they usually bloom while I'm at work and are almost closed by the time I get home. This one opened and the light was good, but I was already late to pick up a friend for her birthday lunch. I shot a few hand-held shots and ran out the door. This was the best of the ones I shot. Maybe I'll catch it next year!
An orange-flowered species of Pygmy Sundew, which I presume to be Drosera miniata. Lesueur National Park, in Western Australia, near Jurien Bay.
This video shows how to separate gemmae from a plant and how to sew them to make new plants. Drosera Scorpioides is a pygmy sundew.
More info on this interesting little plant can be found here:
www.nzcps.co.nz/NZCPSDroserapygmaea.html
Seen on the Chasm Creek Walkway.
Pygmy or Tiny Sundew Drosera pygmaea, Myamyn, Victoria.
A very small carnivourous plant, only a few millimetres across, that grows in damp area of sandy heath.
Locally common yet not present over what appears to be suitable habitat. The yellow-green plants from Kai Iwi and Desert Road were interesting to see.
Pygmy sundew Drosera pygmaea. Waratah Track, Kuring-gai NP. In full sun and on bare sand. Plant is just a little less than 2 cm in diameter.
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At least, it looks like this, but the soil here was far from being damp....
Pygmy Sundew (Drosera pygmaea). My first time seeing this plant, too. :) [Royal National Park, Sydney]
Small sundew plants growing in a moss bed just above the high tide level at Catherine Hill Bay, NSW Australia
Newly sprouted Australian pygmy sundews, with traps just a little bigger than a grain of sand. Submitted by Ken Collins, admin.