Drosera pallida

Pale rainbow

A tuberous, climbing or scrambling sundew endemic to southwest Western Australia, with stems 0.3–1.8 m tall carrying small cupped trap leaves in threes and white flowers from July to November. It grows through the cool, wet winter and dies back to its underground tuber for the hot, dry summer, so the key to growing it is copying that cycle.

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

Sandplains, heathland and the edges of coastal plain lakes, in deep sand or laterite. The stems scramble up through low shrubs, which support them.

A lowland species of the coastal plain and nearby sandplains; GBIF records carry no elevations, but most of this region lies below about 300 m.

Southwest 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.