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Greetings from Australia

  • Thread starter kiranoukev
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Hi everyone.

I've just joined the forum.

A while ago, I lived in Darwin in the north of Australia for about 15 years. Within a quick drive of Darwin can be found the Drosera petiolaris complex (D. petiolaris, D. falconeri, etc.), Byblis liniflora, Aldrovanda vesiculosa and a number of species of Utricularia.

While there, I attempted to cultivate Nepenthes. The difficulty was that although Darwin is in the tropics, it has a very dry Dry Season (from sitting atop a very dry continent).

I was able to take a number of photos of Drosera growing in the wild and thought it would be nice to share these with interested growers (I've attached a sample pic to this post).

Since then I have moved back south to Victoria (temperate climate). There are some local Drosera here (tuberous, I think) and I'll try to get some pictures once summer is over.

kiranoukev

Cheers,

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Nice to meet you, do you currently grow any plants on your property or just enjoy finding them in their natural habitats? i always enjoy seeing CPs in the wild :)
 
Nice to meet you, do you currently grow any plants on your property or just enjoy finding them in their natural habitats? i always enjoy seeing CPs in the wild :)

Currently, I'm growing only VFTs and a few easy to grow Drosera. There are patches to Drosera whittakeri across the road. It's the end of summer here, so they're nowhere to be seen. Attached is a photo taken in August (late winter here).D whittakeri-1.jpg

I'd like to get a greenhouse and grow Nepenthes again.


Regards

kiranoukev
 
Wish I had wild CPs so close to my home, there are a few places I know of within driving distance that have Sarracenia purpurea and Drosera rotundifolia. I hope you will share more photos as they wake up from their summer sleep
 
:welcome: Very cool to see some wild plants! Thanks for taking the time to post them!
 
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