Drosera - sessilifolia - DR4

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Field Value
genus Drosera
species sessilifolia
dsg DR4
ID status ID from vendor
Sourced from Curious Plants
Time 2024F
Location Exoterra low
Common name Sessile-leaved sundew
Nativity northern south america
Climate subtropical
Dormency Notes –
General Notes An "annual" in the wild, is mildy monocarpic; snip flowerstalk or fertilize leaves to prevent death [1]; makes pups (?) [2]
Reproduction
Soil standard CP mix (1:1 peat/sphag:drainage) (Pepper); seem to like it really wet in wild [4][5]
Description similar to burmannii, leaves not as flat [1]; rosette of short & broad spathulate leaves lined with snap-tentacles
Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_sessilifolia
References & Resources [1] https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/Dburmannii_Dsessilifolia [2] https://www.carnivorousplantsociety.ca/index.php?threads/d-burmannii-vs-d-sessilifolia.3362/ [3] https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/guides/SubtropicalDrosera [4] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319946807_Flora_das_cangas_da_Serra_dos_Carajas_Para_Brasil_Droseraceae [5] https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/566566-Drosera-sessilifolia/browse_photos

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