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Carnivorous Well documented

Genlisea aurea

A golden-flowered corkscrew plant from wet seepages in the sandstone highlands of central and southeastern Brazil. It grows among grasses in waterlogged, humus-rich sand under strong sun, and in cultivation wants a constantly wet, nutrient-poor mix, bright light and warm days with mild nights.

Genlisea aurea
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Denis Barthel assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Water-logged seepages and boggy grassland on sandstone highlands (campo rupestre), rooted in black humus-rich soil mixed with sand, with the rosette often submerged or coated in mucilage.

Literature gives 550–2,550 m; records span 0–3,500 m with a median of 1,194 m.

Mato GrossoGoiásMinas GeraisBahiaSão PauloParanáSanta Catarina

🔒 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.