Drosera macrantha

A climbing tuberous sundew endemic to south-west Western Australia. Its stems scramble 0.16–1.5 m through low shrubs, carrying small cup-shaped trapping leaves and white or pink flowers about 2.5 cm across. It grows in winter-wet depressions on sandy, loamy, lateritic or quartzite soils, flowers from June to November, and spends summer dormant as a tuber.

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 restClimber

Where it grows wild

Winter-wet depressions in sandy, loamy, laterite or quartzite soils in heath, shrubland and open woodland. It climbs by clinging to neighbouring shrubs with its sticky leaves.

Few GBIF records carry an elevation. South-west Western Australia is mostly low: coastal plain, the Darling Range and the wheatbelt plateau, generally below about 500 m.

Western Australia

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.