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Genlisea hispidula

An African corkscrew plant with underground eel-trap leaves, widespread from Cameroon and Kenya south to the Eastern Cape. It grows in permanently wet, sunny seepages and boggy grassland, and needs full light, warm wet summers and a waterlogged sandy-peat medium.

Genlisea hispidula
Photo: The original uploader was Botanicus at German Wikipedia., 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

Wet sandy or peaty seepages, marshy grassland and stream margins in open, sunny places, as is typical of African Genlisea.

Records run from near the coast in the Eastern Cape to about 2500 m in tropical Africa (median of 6 records: 2330 m).

South AfricaEswatiniMalawiMozambiqueZimbabweZambiaTanzaniaKenyaCameroonNigeriaAngolaCentral African Republic

🔒 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.