Giardino Carnivoro
Drosera magnifica Pico Padre Angelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Drosera magnifica Pico Padre Angelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Drosera magnifica is a large sundew that grows with a woody stem.
It is a splendid carnivorous plant that produces glue to capture insects.
It lives in Brazil, at high altitude and hates temperatures that are too high, especially to avoid overheating the vase and the water in the saucer. While it grows very well during spring and autumn when temperatures are decidedly cooler.
As for watering, a constant cm in the saucer is sufficient but it can also withstand short periods without water in the saucer, especially during the winter where you can dose very little water.
It loves direct sun, but it is preferable to shade it from June to August.
Growing Tips
Growing Tips
Subtropical sundews are very easy to grow in peat and perlite: they love direct sun especially in mid-seasons while in hot summers it is preferable to shade them.
They resist frost down to zero degrees. If the apex dies due to the cold, the roots remain vital to regrow again in spring.
They produce many self-fertile flowers from which you can obtain seeds in late summer.
Watering
Watering
They like very wet soil. DO add rainwater or distilled water directly into the saucer. Two-three cm in summer and one cm in all other seasons.
There is no need to vaporize the leaves but to create a lot of diffused humidity while protecting them from wind and rain
