Very easy to care for South African Sundew. This species can grow quite large, prefers to stay damp. Drosera capensis 'vogelgat' typically has more red leaves than other capensis variants, the leaves are also slightly narrower. Great houseplant, terrarium plant, or for mini bog.
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Sundew, (genus Drosera), genus of carnivorous plant species in the family Droseraceae.
Drosera has over 152 species, and can be found in several different habitats with nutrient-poor soil, including bogs, fens, or sandy acidic soil. Depending on their native climate, some drosera go through winter 'hibernation/dormancy' in cold weather, others grow underground tubers to survive droughts, and others flower year-round. The leaves are covered with short sticky-sweet plant hairs ("trichomes") which attract and furl around insects, after which the trichomes (or 'tentacles') digest them with enzymes. Drosera roots are often weak, and serve only to absorb water. All other nutrition is obtained from carnivory.
The flowers are bisexual, include colours such a white, pink, and orange, and produce many seeds when pollinated.
Sundew - "Cape Sundew" (Drosera capensis 'Vogelgat')
Flowering size:
Care level: Easy
Native Range: Vogelgat Nature preserve, South Africa
Light Level: High preferred, low tolerated
Water: Keep wet
Cold hardiness: Can tolerate to 4°C
One mature plant, comes bare root (no soil)