Drosera: Tropical Sundews

This sundew has long, thin leaves that fork into a T, though young leaves look like a Y to us. As the plant matures and develops leaves up to 8 inches long, the forked leaves tend to flop down,...

This variety of Cape sundew is native to Montagu Pass in South Africa and is considered the largest natural form of Cape sundew. An adult plant can have a leaf span up to 18 inches! It's also easy to...

This naturally occurring variety of Drosera capensis has very little, if any, red pigment. For most of the year, the tentacles are white. During the summer or in very sunny conditions, the tentacles...

Drosera madagascariensis has a wide distribution, from Madagascar and South Africa to Congo, Guinea, and Nigeria. It grows from a single stem that often rambles along the soil surface. The growing...

One word describes this plant - spectacular! Drosera multifida extrema is a type of fork-leaf sundew, and like its relatives, has long, slender, red leaves that branch out multiple times. But on this...

This species is a demure plant. When fully grown, it is just under 2 inches in diameter, but it can reproduce itself by sending out shoots, producing a mound of multiple plants with spoon-shaped...