Drosera ultramafica
A rosette-forming tropical highland sundew described in 2011, closely related to Drosera spatulata, D. neocaledonica and D. oblanceolata. It grows on ultramafic (iron- and magnesium-rich, nutrient-poor) soils in open, damp upland heath in Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi and Sumatra. Grow it like a cool-to-intermediate highland sundew: bright light, constantly moist mineral-poor medium and mild temperatures all year.
Where it grows wild
Exposed, damp places in stunted upland heath on ultramafic rock: wet seepy ground, mossy rock and open banks where competing vegetation is kept short by the poor, metal-rich soil. Herbarium labels describe it 'growing in exposed damp areas' and 'on moss-covered rock at the depauperate heath formation'.
A highland species: dated specimens come from about 1,800 m on Mt Victoria, Palawan, and about 2,500 m in the Gunung Leuser area of Sumatra; the Kinabalu (Marai Parai) sites are also upland. Most records carry no elevation.
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