Drosera - Pygmy Sundews - Growing Instructions

Pygmy Sundews (Drosera)

Pygmy sundews constitute a specialized group of roughly 50 carnivorous species indigenous to Southwestern Australia's climatically unpredictable regions. Even NZ has one of the species occurring naturally.

They lure, capture, and digest insects using the stalked glands covering their leaf surfaces.

 

Watering

Please keep my tray full with water all the time, right throughout the year. I come from areas that are always damp, like next to waterfalls, streams and swamp. I like it very wet.

It’s best to just fill my tray, my special soil mix will give me what I need.

 

Light

Full sun is really important to me. It is the best way to keep me healthy and happy. 

 

Where to Keep Me

I love a hot day and don’t mind cold, even really cold days but I’m not a fan of frost at all. I can live outside or inside on a windowsill.

 

Dormancy

From March to May I stop making leaves and start to produce gemmae which look like little green balls in my centre, after a few weeks these will easily release if you touch them gently. Each one is a baby plant, not a seed, so please place them directly on the soil so each can root and open up. Just continue to look after me as normal.

 

Feeding

I will catch my own food, but feel free to drop something on my leaves. I love flies, spiders and any other bugs. Please do not use fertilisers on me as a lot will harm me more than they will help me.

 

Soil Recipe

I live in a mix of sphagnum peat moss, sand and perlite. If you need to repot me, please do not use regular soil, I will not survive.