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Byblis gigantea
Byblis gigantea, commonly known as rainbow plant, is a species of carnivorous plant in the family Byblidaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
B. gigantea prefers drier conditions than most sundews. It grows well in large pots containing a very sandy soil mix and is top-watered only. These plants are prone to fungal death until they become established. To germinate the seeds for this plant gibberellic acid treatment or pot fire treatment may be required. The age of the seeds is not important, seeds over 22 years of age have germinated after fire treatment.
It has a scattered distribution from the Wheatbelt region around Dandaragan in the north down through the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia on the Swan Coastal Plain and into the Darling Range then south as far as Boddington in the Peel region. The plant is often found in and around swamps and seasonally wet areas growing in sandy peaty soils and is usually part of low Leptospermum and Restionaceae dominated shrubland communities.
Byblis aquatica · Byblis filifolia · Byblis guehoi · Byblis lamellata · Byblis liniflora · Byblis pilbarana · Byblis rorida · Rainbow Plants
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Byblis gigantea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
