Drosera kenneallyi

A small tropical petiolaris-complex sundew (subgenus Lasiocephala) forming flat red rosettes up to about 5–10 cm across, with tiny 2–3 mm trapping leaves on narrow petioles and white flowers in November and December. It grows in full sun on seasonally flooded sandy loam and silty clay flats in the monsoonal Kimberley and Top End of northern Australia, where it survives hot floodwater in the wet season. In cultivation it wants heat, very bright light, high humidity and permanently wet feet.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open, sunny, seasonally wet flats: sandy loam at the margins of Airfield Swamp on the Mitchell Plateau (the type area, under Eucalyptus latifolia), wet sand over sheeting sandstone near creeks, and in the Northern Territory open sedge-grassland and low grassy flats on grey silty clay, black soil and ironstone gravel. Some sites are flooded in the wet season, and plants have been recorded growing under 15 cm of water; it raises its petioles to keep traps above rising water.

Lowland to low plateau, from near sea level in the Darwin region to roughly 300 m on the Kimberley plateaus. Our measured dataset had no usable wild records.

Australia: Western Australia, north Kimberley (Mitchell Plateau and nearby)Australia: Northern Territory, Top End (Cox Peninsula, Dundee Beach, Gunn Point, Bathurst Island, Pine Creek, Kakadu)

🔒 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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