Although I love my native Brazilian species like D.graminifolia, D.chrysolepis, D.villosa, D.ascendens, D.graomogolensis, and others, I have to admit I have a strong attraction to the petiolaris-complex.
After seeing the huge flowering D.regia at the Bonn Botanical Garden during the 1998 ICPS Congress, this also became one of my favorite species.
Although I couldn't find the mysterious D.meristocaulis on Neblina during the 1998/99 expedition, this is certainly one of my favorites too (it's fantastic enough in herbarium specimens!).
But my favorite Drosera species is neither of the above, not even Brazilian. It is D.cistiflora. Since I saw this species in the wild in S.Africa, it has been #1 on my list. In my opinion this species has all that makes any Drosera fantastic. It has the overall large size, with long leaves and long stems. It forms large populations which can easily be spotted because of their size. They grow in areas with magnificent scenery.
And best of all, they not only have the largest flowers in the genus, together with D.pauciflora, but also the most amazing colors. It would be sufficiently fabulous if they only came in purple, for example. But they had to go a step further and also be found with red flowers, lilac, white, yellow, etc.
In all its variability, size, and colors, D.cistiflora is surely a star of the genus Drosera.
Fernando Rivadavia