Drosera peltata

Drosera peltata

The only tuberous sundew that I grow is Drosera peltata, and I ended up growing it by accident. A few D. peltata seeds came in my original pot of Byblis liniflora, and germinated just as the original Byblis died. At first, I thought they were pygmy 'dews, Then, they started vining...

Drosera peltata

Soon enough, I discovered that this was a little tuberous 'dew. After a bit of research, I'm fairly confident that it's D. peltata. Funnily enough, D. peltata was the one tuberous Drosera that I really wanted, so I was pretty happy to discover it sprouting in my collection.

Drosera peltata

So far, this has been a remarkably easy sundew, but only time will tell if I time dormancy correctly. My hope is that it will continue to grow larger through the winter, but it's reaching a very mature stage right now, so my guess is that I'll have to carefully monitor it and induce dormancy early.