Rainbow Plants (Byblis) Growing Instructions

Rainbow Plants (Byblis)

Byblis, also known as the Rainbow Plant due to it's prismatic qualitative when struck by sunlight, they are native plant of Australia and they resemble a tall Drosera "tree" of sorts.

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 to part sun. The more I can tan, the better my colours.

Where to Keep Me

I love a hot day and don’t mind cold, as an annual I only live one season so collect my seed and sow straight back into my pot.

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 and sand. Some people like to use long fiber sphagnum, the one from NZ is the best in the world I hear. If you need to repot me, please do not use regular soil, I will not survive.