Showing posts with label Drosera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drosera. Show all posts

Friday, 13 March 2020

Drosera

Drosera is a family of carnivorous plants know as Sundews.

My plant has been growing well in the unheated conservatory.
This is Drosera capensis alba - Cape Sundew

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It is one of the easiest to grow and is happy with the heat in Summer and the cooler / cold temperatures in the Winter. The main care point is keeping it moist all the time. I always keep the saucer topped up with rain water. During the Winter I also use the water from the de-humidifier I sometimes run in the conservatory.

The slender leaves are covered in a mass of very sticky globules which catch any unwary small flies which land on a leaf.

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A fly's eye view

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From experience  I can vouch that they are very sticky.



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