Drosera schizandra

Plant in culture

Drosera schizandra is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sundew ( Drosera ) and was discovered in 1891 by St. Johnson. The description as a separate species under the name Drosera schizandra was made in 1906 by Ludwig Diels.

Description

The pale green to dark green leaves of this herbaceous perennial plant reach a size of 8 to 10 cm in length and 4-5 cm in width and have very short, fine tentacles. The plant forms a basal rosette and is a very bad mosquito magnet. The catcher leaves have pronounced upwards, visible ribs. The plant is in its natural habitat green - isolated one has also found plants that have gotten a little more light and have a red color.

Flowers

Drosera schizandra forms - in comparison to her sisters - quite large flowers with more than 1 cm in diameter. The petals ( petals ) are 5.5 mm long and 4 mm wide, the sepals ( sepals ) 4 mm long and 1.8 mm wide. The natural color is a bright shade of red per inflorescence (up to 12 cm high) 10 to 25 flowers are formed. Bloom time is early summer in November.

Dissemination

The species is only in the wetlands of the rain forest on Mount Bartle Frere (1680 m asl) in the north- west Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns to find.

Propagation

The plant can spread through root foothills without semen production.