Drosera pulchella "pink flower"
Description
Drosera pulchella is a rosetted pygmy sundew with round, dewy leaves tipped with exceptionally long tentacles. It makes aesthetic rosettes, but is most famous for the huge variety of flower variants in this one species. The flowers can range in color from white, pink, red, or orange depending on the cultivar. Some can have red or darkly colored centers, colorful venation, and petals that can range from thin to wide and can also have a metallic sheen.
Drosera pulchella “pink flower” is a variant that has light pink flowers with a metallic sheen. The leaves generally take on a yellowish-green color in bright light. As a pygmy sundew, it will produce ‘gemmae’ which are tiny modified leaves that appear as geometric circles of buds in the center of the growing point each fall. Each gemma can detach from the main plant and rapidly grow into a new plant (much faster than planting seed).
Drosera pulchella “pink flower” produces large numbers of small disk-shaped gemmae that readily detach and spread. Adjust the photoperiod to be 9-10 hours in winter, gradually cycling to 14-15 hours in summer. They require proper lighting cues to produce gemmae and to flower in spring.
Plants are potted in 2.5”W x 3.5”H pots. There will be at least 3 plants per pot.
Growing Information
Climate: Mediterranean (SW Australia). 40-100F, low to moderate humidity.
Light: Full Sun or 20W per sq ft LED light. Pygmy sundews love bright light.
Water: Distilled or Reverse Osmosis water. Sitting in 0.5”-1” of water using tray method.
Soil: 40% Peat: 60% Perlite/Sand is a good mix. Pygmy Sundews like well draining soils. Rinse media with distilled or reverse osmosis water to remove excess salts.
Feeding: Feed leaves with Bug Powder every few weeks or so. Pygmy Sundews love to eat and can be fed as long as there are dewy leaves.
Description
Drosera pulchella is a rosetted pygmy sundew with round, dewy leaves tipped with exceptionally long tentacles. It makes aesthetic rosettes, but is most famous for the huge variety of flower variants in this one species. The flowers can range in color from white, pink, red, or orange depending on the cultivar. Some can have red or darkly colored centers, colorful venation, and petals that can range from thin to wide and can also have a metallic sheen.
Drosera pulchella “pink flower” is a variant that has light pink flowers with a metallic sheen. The leaves generally take on a yellowish-green color in bright light. As a pygmy sundew, it will produce ‘gemmae’ which are tiny modified leaves that appear as geometric circles of buds in the center of the growing point each fall. Each gemma can detach from the main plant and rapidly grow into a new plant (much faster than planting seed).
Drosera pulchella “pink flower” produces large numbers of small disk-shaped gemmae that readily detach and spread. Adjust the photoperiod to be 9-10 hours in winter, gradually cycling to 14-15 hours in summer. They require proper lighting cues to produce gemmae and to flower in spring.
Plants are potted in 2.5”W x 3.5”H pots. There will be at least 3 plants per pot.
Growing Information
Climate: Mediterranean (SW Australia). 40-100F, low to moderate humidity.
Light: Full Sun or 20W per sq ft LED light. Pygmy sundews love bright light.
Water: Distilled or Reverse Osmosis water. Sitting in 0.5”-1” of water using tray method.
Soil: 40% Peat: 60% Perlite/Sand is a good mix. Pygmy Sundews like well draining soils. Rinse media with distilled or reverse osmosis water to remove excess salts.
Feeding: Feed leaves with Bug Powder every few weeks or so. Pygmy Sundews love to eat and can be fed as long as there are dewy leaves.
Description
Drosera pulchella is a rosetted pygmy sundew with round, dewy leaves tipped with exceptionally long tentacles. It makes aesthetic rosettes, but is most famous for the huge variety of flower variants in this one species. The flowers can range in color from white, pink, red, or orange depending on the cultivar. Some can have red or darkly colored centers, colorful venation, and petals that can range from thin to wide and can also have a metallic sheen.
Drosera pulchella “pink flower” is a variant that has light pink flowers with a metallic sheen. The leaves generally take on a yellowish-green color in bright light. As a pygmy sundew, it will produce ‘gemmae’ which are tiny modified leaves that appear as geometric circles of buds in the center of the growing point each fall. Each gemma can detach from the main plant and rapidly grow into a new plant (much faster than planting seed).
Drosera pulchella “pink flower” produces large numbers of small disk-shaped gemmae that readily detach and spread. Adjust the photoperiod to be 9-10 hours in winter, gradually cycling to 14-15 hours in summer. They require proper lighting cues to produce gemmae and to flower in spring.
Plants are potted in 2.5”W x 3.5”H pots. There will be at least 3 plants per pot.
Growing Information
Climate: Mediterranean (SW Australia). 40-100F, low to moderate humidity.
Light: Full Sun or 20W per sq ft LED light. Pygmy sundews love bright light.
Water: Distilled or Reverse Osmosis water. Sitting in 0.5”-1” of water using tray method.
Soil: 40% Peat: 60% Perlite/Sand is a good mix. Pygmy Sundews like well draining soils. Rinse media with distilled or reverse osmosis water to remove excess salts.
Feeding: Feed leaves with Bug Powder every few weeks or so. Pygmy Sundews love to eat and can be fed as long as there are dewy leaves.