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Drosera solaris

Drosera solaris is a carnivorous sundew from the highlands of Guyana (Maringma Tepui), a subshrub that traps insects on sticky leaf hairs. It needs bright light, humid conditions and wet, nutrient-poor growing media.

Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist, standing water in the tray or use distilled or rainwater.
Soil
Sphagnum moss or a peat and perlite mix, low in nutrients.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Guyana (Maringma Tepui)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Drosera solaris is a species of sundew native to the highlands of Guyana. It is thought to be most closely related to Drosera felix and Drosera kaieteurensis.

Other Drosera plants

Scented Sundew · Drosera acaulis · Drosera adelae · Peninsula Sundew · Slender Leaved Sundew · White Sundew · Drosera albonotata · Australian sundew · Pygmy Sundew · Drosera amazonica · Drosera andersoniana · Drosera androsacea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drosera solaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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