2" Sundew

Spoon-Leaved Sundew (Drosera spatulata)

Small, sparkly, and surprisingly deadly, at least if you're a tiny bug! 🪰🌿 The Spoon-Leaved Sundew is a fascinating carnivorous plant featuring compact rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves covered in tiny, glistening droplets. Those beautiful, jewel-like droplets aren't water at all. They're sticky traps designed to catch unsuspecting insects!

Unlike Venus Flytraps, Sundews don't snap shut. Instead, their leaves produce sticky mucilage that traps small insects, including fungus gnats and fruit flies. Once an insect is caught, the plant slowly digests it to absorb nutrients. Some leaves may even curl around their prey to help with digestion!

Drosera spatulata is one of the more beginner-friendly Sundews, making it a fantastic introduction to carnivorous plants. Its compact size, sparkling foliage, and occasional delicate pink or white flowers make it a wonderful addition to sunny windowsills, grow light setups, and carnivorous plant collections.

Care Tips:
☀️ Light: Bright light with several hours of gentle direct sunlight or a strong grow light. Adequate light helps produce the sticky droplets and encourages healthy growth. Not suitable for low-light spaces
💧 Water: Use distilled water, rainwater, or reverse-osmosis water. Keep the growing medium consistently moist, ideally using the tray-watering method. Never allow the soil to dry out completely
🌫 Humidity: Prefers moderate to high humidity, but can adapt to average indoor humidity when properly watered. Good airflow is important
❄️ Temperature: Generally prefers 60 to 85°F. Protect from freezing temperatures and extreme heat
🐾 Pet Friendly: Yes, generally considered non-toxic to cats and dogs
⭐ Rare: No

Important Care Note:
Sundews require nutrient-poor carnivorous plant soil, such as an appropriate peat moss and perlite mix. Never use regular potting soil or fertilizer, and avoid mineral-rich tap water. There's no need to feed your Sundew meat or other human food. It can catch small insects naturally!

Fun Fact:
The sparkling droplets covering a Sundew's leaves are what give the plant its name. They look like morning dew glistening in the sunshine, but they're actually sticky digestive traps. Beautiful and a little sinister, nature really outdid itself with this one! ✨🪰