Pinguicula Lusitanica

Pinguicula Lusitanica

Love the leaf pattern on this beautiful Pinguicula Lusitanica and alien like flowers. One of my favourites. “Pinguicula lusitanica, commonly known as the pale butterwort,[3] is a small butterwort that grows wild in acidicpeat bog areas along coastal Atlantic western Europe from western Scotland and Ireland south through western England and western France to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in … Continue reading

Macro Monday – April 1st 2024 – Drosera x Sidjamesii

Macro Monday – April 1st 2024 – Drosera x Sidjamesii

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful day. Today’s photo is of the magnificent drosera x Sidjamesii, the pygmy sundew is a natural hybrid between D. pulchella and D. patens. Found on the shores of a few lakes north of Perth, … Continue reading

Macro Monday – March 11th 2024 – Dionaea Muscipula

Macro Monday – March 11th 2024 – Dionaea Muscipula

Happy Monday! I hope you’re well. I’ve chosen a couple of pictures for this week’s Macro Monday. They’re both of the beautiful flowers of the Dionaea Muscipula aka Venus Fly Trap, one of my favourite carnivorous plants. The author at … Continue reading

Macro Monday – February 19th 2024 – Pinguicula x Weser

Macro Monday – February 19th 2024 – Pinguicula x Weser

Happy Monday! Today’s photo is of the beautiful Pinguicula x Weser (Butterwort/Carnivorous Plant), which is is a hybrid of P. ehlersiae and P. moranensis. Registered as a cultivar in 1998, it received its name after a the River Weser in … Continue reading

Macro Monday – February 5th 2024 – Drosera Nidiformis

Macro Monday – February 5th 2024 – Drosera Nidiformis

Happy Monday! Wow February already!? Hope your 2024 is going well so far. Today’s photo is the tropical sundew Drosera Nidiformis, indigenous to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, uncurling its beautiful spiral flower stem. Which will eventually show lovely pink flowers. … Continue reading

Macro Monday – January 8th 2024 – P. Zecheri x Jaumavensis

Macro Monday – January 8th 2024 – P. Zecheri x Jaumavensis

Happy Monday! I hope you’ve have a good day. We are having a quiet day today at our house. I have been slowly uploading photographs to my new Zazzle store. (it’s a work in progress) I am going to be … Continue reading

Macro Monday – January 1st 2024 – Happy New Year!

Macro Monday – January 1st 2024 – Happy New Year!

Hello! Happy Monday and Happy New Year! I just want to thank everyone who has supported me, not just during 2023 but for many previous years too. Our family was very blessed in 2023, we welcomed our son Alex into … Continue reading

Macro Monday – November 6th 2023 – Drosera Capillaris

Macro Monday – November 6th 2023 – Drosera Capillaris

Happy Monday! I hope you’re well. Todays photo is of the Drosera Capillaris, also known as the pink sundew, is a species of carnivorous plant belonging to the family Droseraceae. It is native to the southern United States, the Greater Antilles, western and southern Mexico, Central America, … Continue reading