Drosera burmannii

tropical sundew

A tiny, fast-trapping rosette sundew of tropical Asia and northern Australia, usually only about 2 cm across. In the wild it is an annual of wet-season sands and seepages that dies in the dry season and returns from abundant seed. Indoors, kept warm and wet, it can grow on for years and self-sows freely.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open, seasonally wet sandy and gravelly ground: savanna seepages, stream margins, wet heath and disturbed wet clearings, in full sun among sparse low vegetation.

Recorded from 10 to 2000 m, median 280 m; mostly lowland tropical sites.

IndiaSri LankaNepalBangladeshMyanmarThailandLaosCambodiaSouthern ChinaTaiwanMalaysiaIndonesiaPhilippinesNew GuineaNew CaledoniaNorthern Territory

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.