Drosera burmanii in southern Vietnam

On February 2010, I visited southern Vietnam in order to relocate the "true" Nepenthes thorelii, an endemic Vietnamese species which has not been officially seen again since its description in 1909. My trip wasn't successful at all as many of you know but I did manage to admire several populations of carnivorous plants. I remember a very nice group of Drosera burmanii, an easily overlooked species, growing in pure sand.

Growing with seedlings of Nepenthes mirabilis:

Drosera burnamii grows in sympatry with one of the two other Indochinese sundew : D. indica

(the third one being D. peltata):

Drosera burmanii is a quite common species in Indochina - and a beautiful one too. It served as a useful indicator for me. Most of the time, the sight of those small crimson rosettes lead me to uncover other carnivorous plants such as Utricularia odorata, bifida, caerulea, Drosera indica or Nepenthes mirabilis and smilesii.

Although this February trip stood as a bitter memory -even if it had its graceful moments- it gave me the incentive to prospect further the Vietnamese territory. I will return very soon in Vietnam and, hopefully, I will bring many more pictures like these... and good news as well.