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Drosera menziesii

Pink rainbow

A tuberous sundew from south-west Western Australia. In winter it sends up erect or scrambling stems, 5 cm to over 1 m long, lined with small round trapping leaves, and it flowers pink from July to November. It grows through the cool, wet winter and spring and dies back to an underground tuber for the hot, dry summer, so growers need to follow that Mediterranean cycle.

Drosera menziesii
Photo: Jan Wieneke, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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

Grows in winter-wet depressions, swamp margins and around granite outcrops, in clay, peaty sand or loam, often in heath and open woodland where it gets full sun.

Records run from 2 to 253 m (median 53 m, 25 records), which is the Swan Coastal Plain and the nearby lowlands.

Australia (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.