Drosera Capensis Cape Sundew Live Plant 2" Pot

Drosera capensis, also called the Cape sundew, is perhaps the perfect carnivorous plant for a beginner. Cape sundew carnivorous plants grow large stems with many long, green leaves. The end of each leaf is covered in small, red tentacles with tiny droplets of mucilage on each one. When an insect becomes stuck to a cape sundew leaf, the leaf slowly curls around the trapped insect and digests it. Cape sundew carnivorous plants produce flower stalks up to 12" tall with numerous showy, pink flowers. Drosera capensis grow year-round and can adapt to almost any condition.

Sundew plants, known for their unique carnivorous nature, are highly effective in capturing and consuming small insects. These plants possess specialized structures called "glands" that secrete a sticky substance, resembling dewdrops, on their leaves. This sticky secretion acts as a trap, luring unsuspecting insects to land on the leaves.

Once an insect comes into contact with the sticky substance, it becomes entangled and unable to escape. The sundew plant then uses its tentacle-like appendages, called "tentacles," to move and wrap around the trapped insect, ensuring its capture. The plant then releases enzymes that aid in digestion, allowing it to extract nutrients from its prey.

Sundew plants have a wide range of prey, including fungus gnats, spiders, flies, cockroaches, beetles, and various other small insects. They have evolved this carnivorous adaptation as a way to supplement their nutrient intake, especially in nutrient-deficient environments such as bogs and wetlands where they typically thrive.

The ability of sundew plants to attract, capture, and digest small insects makes them fascinating and highly efficient insectivorous plants. They serve as natural pest controllers and are often cultivated by enthusiasts as ornamental plants or as a means of controlling insect populations in gardens and greenhouses.

This sundew carnivorous plant will be shipped bare-root with a 2" plastic pot and enough top-quality New Zealand long-fiber sphagnum moss to fill it. You will receive a similar plant as the one in the pictures. Planting and growing instructions for this cape sundew plant for sale will also be included. A complete care guide can be found here.

DOA: If you receive the plant dead, please contact us right when you receive it and we will replace it or send you a refund.