Genlisea pygmaea
A tiny corkscrew plant of permanently wet, open sand in the savannas and tepui regions of northern South America. Grow it like other tropical Genlisea: bright light, warm days, mild nights, and pure, mineral-poor water with the substrate kept saturated.
Where it grows wild
Grows in open, waterlogged white sand, seepages and wet campos among small sedges and grasses, with its root-like traps buried in the saturated sand.
Recorded from near sea level to about 2500 m, median about 600 m; the high records are from tepui summits in the Guiana Highlands.
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