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Carnivorous Partly documented

Drosera ordensis

A petiolaris-complex sundew from the Kimberley and the Keep River area of northern Australia. It forms flat rosettes, usually about 8 cm across (up to 20 cm), with broad petioles densely covered in silvery hairs, and pink to nearly white flowers from January to April. Like its relatives it needs heat, strong light and high humidity; in the dry season it survives as a small, hairy resting rosette.

Drosera ordensis
Photo: Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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

It grows in sandy soils on and next to banded sandstone outcrops, in country that is waterlogged in the wet season and bone-dry in the dry season. It is often found among Sorghum grasses. In the dry season it makes smaller, hairier leaves to wait out the drought.

No elevation data were found. The Kimberley sandstone country where it grows lies mostly below about 500 m.

Western AustraliaNorthern Territory

🔒 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 2.5 licence, unmodified.