2 x Plants - Sundew - Drosera capensis - Cape Sundew, Carniverous Plant - Hardy Perennial in 9cm Pot

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Watering Keep this plant moist. To make it easy, keep the plant on a dish filled with water. As soon as it is dry refill it. Location Keep the Drosera in a light place. If the plant loses its “dew” this is an indication that it needs more humidity. Move to a more humid environment or cover it with glass. Of the Drosera’s in our current range, the Drosera filiformis, nidiformis and binata are all winter hardy. This does not apply to the rest and they should be brought in before the start of the winter. Fertilizer The Drosera does not need fertilizer. Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species.[1] These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the plants grow. Various species, which vary greatly in size and form, are native to every continent except Antarctica.[2]

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