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Genlisea repens

A small corkscrew plant from wet sandy seeps and savannas across Brazil, Venezuela and the Guianas, trapping soil microorganisms with underground modified leaves. It wants full light, permanently wet nutrient-poor sand and warm conditions.

Genlisea repens
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

Wet, sandy or peaty seepage areas, stream margins and marshy savanna (campo and cerrado wetlands, Guayana highland savannas), among low sedges and grasses. Generalised from the genus.

Recorded at 0–2,685 m, median 700 m; highland records from the Guayana Shield tepuis are cooler.

BrazilVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameColombiaParaguay

🔒 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.