Drosera chrysolepis

A hairy, stem-forming sundew from the Espinhaço Range of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil, with disjunct coastal populations in Bahia. Its stem can reach 46 cm, carrying narrow, upright leaves with golden-brown stipules. It grows in wet sand and sandy peat in campo rupestre, sometimes on drier quartz gravel.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets 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

Wet areas of campo rupestre on sandy to sandy-peat soils, or drier sandy soil with white quartz gravel, at 1200–1800 m; also wet sandy flats in coastal restinga near sea level.

Mainly 1200–1800 m (median record 1269 m), with coastal populations near sea level that will be warmer at night.

Brazil: Minas GeraisBrazil: Bahia

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 3.0 cz licence, unmodified.