The habitat of Drosera spatulata (also known as the Spatula Sundew) covers a broad geographic range. It can be found growing in Japan and Southeast Asia, all the way down through eastern Australia and New Zealand. This variety grows on Fraser Island off the coast of Australia. It produces white flowers and is the most widespread on the island. The leaves are covered with tentacles (trichomes) that secrete a sticky “dew” to attract and catch prey. The dew also contains enzymes that aid in digestion. Once a leaf traps prey, the bug’s movements trigger the leaf to curl up, introducing more dew and enzymes. Eventually, the plant absorbs all of the nutrients in the bug leaving only the external skeleton.
Description
Size and packing method: You will receive a bare root plant about 1 inch in diameter, carefully wrapped in a damp paper towel. If selecting with soil mix, you will receive two cups of our prepackaged Carnivorous Plant Soil Mix in addition to the bare root plant. This quantity of soil is roughly enough to fill one 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 inch square pot.
Growing requirements
Mature size: 1.5 – 2 inches in diameter
Light: Full sun or grow light equivalent
Soil: Carnivorous Plant Soil Mix, pure peat, or peat-sand mix
Feeding: Feed bugs, dried bloodworms, fish food, or diluted foliar fertilizer such as Maxsea every 2-3 weeks
Humidity: 50-75%
Water: Keep wet at all times, provide water that is low in salts and minerals such as rain or distilled water
Temperature: 45-90°F
Dormancy: None
Planting and adjustment instructions will be included with your shipment.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Anton Dimov (verified owner) –
I love all the plants. They arrived safely packaged. Now I just hope I can keep them alive
nic m. (verified owner) –
Little friend arrived happy any healthy! It is adapting well to its new home. :)
Cheryl H. (verified owner) –
Beautiful plant! Even sent 2 extra!! Love them. Will buy from again.
Aaron M. (verified owner) –
They came well packaged and had great roots. The flower stems were safely wrapped up and there was zero damage to them.
James R. (verified owner) –
Jeff (verified owner) –
Well packaged and doing very well
Chelsie S. (verified owner) –
This little guy arrived carefully wrapped and very healthy! I got this one as well as a few more as a birthday gift… I was told he ordered one and it came with two!! One is even getting ready to bloom!
Cynthia (verified owner) –
So cute! Even got a teeny bonus plant with a flower stalk on it, hope I can get it to bloom! Thank you!
Jeffrey Kung (verified owner) –
My Drosera spatulata ‘Fraser Island’ came bare root and in excellent condition. More over, it came with 3 extra plantlets and all are doing just fine in their new home.