Description
Shipped in pots with a minimum of 4 plants or bare root depending on availability.
Range: South Africa to the north of Mozambique and Madagascar
Known as Natal Drosera, this plant is native to South and East Africa and is one of the few Drosera species found in Madagascar.
Culture: can be grown in a variety of soil mixes, but often does best in a sand-rich peat mix, kept moist to damp (but preferably well aerated) and moderately humid, with temperatures from 55 to 85° F, year-round; plants can die back to the roots if exposed to frost. Sow seeds on the surface of the soil and cultivate.
Lifespan and reproduction: perennial. Reproduces by seed and can be grown by leaf and root cuttings and division.
Growing conditions for Droséra Natalensis:
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SUBSTRAT Your choice : -1/2 white peat 1/2 perlite -1/2 blond peat 1/2 Loire sand<== I recommend this one. |
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TEMPERATURE
Ideal temperatures: 30 to 47 degrees all year round in its natural habitat. But at home I grow them between 5° in winter and 25° and from spring to late summer between 15° and 50°. |
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WATER and HYGROMETRY
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LIGHT In winter, to compensate for the lower temperatures it theoretically doesn’t like in the wild, I leave it in full sun. |
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No dormancy |
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