Drosera cistiflora

Poppy-flowered sundew

A South African sundew from the winter-rainfall Cape, famous for its large, poppy-like flowers in red, pink, white, purple or yellow. It grows in open, sandy or stony ground in fynbos and renosterveld, grows through the cool wet winter and spring, and dies back underground for the hot, dry summer. Success depends on copying that cycle: cool, bright and wet in winter, dormant and nearly dry in summer.

Drosera cistiflora — Photo: Joseph Dalton Hooker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open sandy, stony or shale ground on mountain slopes, flats and near the coast, often in ground that is seasonally moist or recently burnt, in fynbos and renosterveld.

Records with an elevation run from near sea level to about 1,100 m, most below about 500 m.

South Africa: Western CapeSouth Africa: Northern Cape (south-western)South Africa: Eastern Cape (western)

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.