Drosera fulva

A petiolaris-complex sundew from the Top End of the Northern Territory, forming a compact rosette of long petioles tipped with small red traps and sending up racemes of 50 or more white or pink flowers from February to May. It grows in damp sand in seasonally wet depressions and seepages, so it wants the hot, humid, very bright conditions of the tropical wet season, with a drier but still hot winter.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Damp sandy soils in ephemeral wet depressions above seasonal flood levels, and in seepage areas, in the open savanna woodland and plains of the Top End. These sites are waterlogged in the wet season and dry out in the dry season.

Lowland; the Darwin area and Top End plains are mostly below about 200 m. Our records carry no elevations.

Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin region, Koolpinyah to Noonamah)Australia: Northern Territory (Port Essington, Arnhem Land and Gulf country records)

🔒 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-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.