Drosera spatulata
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Drosera spatulata, commonly known as the spoon-leaved sundew, is a small, ground-hugging carnivorous plant native to Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Southeast Asia. It flourishes in nutrient-poor bogs, trapping insects with glistening mucilage-tipped tentacles. Unlike some of its relatives, this species is remarkably adaptable and often one of the easiest sundews to cultivate.
Distinctive Features
- Rosette Growth: Forms a flat, compact rosette of spoon-shaped leaves, often no more than 5 cm across.
- Glandular Hairs: Leaves are covered in red-tipped glandular hairs that exude sticky droplets to ensnare prey.
- Seasonal Flowers: Produces delicate pink to white blooms on slender stalks, typically during spring or summer.
Care Tips
- Light: Requires bright indirect light or full sun for vivid colouring and healthy growth.
- Water: Keep constantly moist with distilled or rainwater; never allow to dry out.
- Humidity: Prefers high humidity but adapts well to standard indoor conditions.
- Media: Grows best in a mix of sphagnum peat and perlite or silica sand; avoid fertilised soils.
- Temperature: Thrives between 15–28°C; tolerates mild cold but not frost.
- Fertiliser: Generally unnecessary; gains nutrients from trapped insects.
- Repotting: Repot annually or when media begins to degrade; division is also possible during repotting.
Shipping Schedule and Biosecurity Information
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Dispatch & Shipping Information
ALL STATES (including WA, NT, TAS): We now offer a universal, streamlined schedule with two dispatches per week for all regions. This schedule includes all necessary biosecurity treatment and processing for plants sent interstate.
- Tuesday Dispatch: Orders placed by Sunday 11:59 PM AEST.
- Friday Dispatch: Orders placed by Wednesday 11:59 PM AEST.
Orders placed after these cut-offs will be dispatched on the next available day.
Plant Health Certification (PHC) Fees:
- $20 fee applies to WA orders.
- $10 fee applies to NT and TAS orders.
This fee is per order (not per plant) and is included in your shipping cost at checkout. It covers the mandatory biosecurity treatments (ICA-29, PS-27, ICA-62) required for interstate compliance.
Important Note: We operate independently from Collectors Corner. For any enquiries, please refer to our Help Centre (Contact Page).
Size: 80mm Pot
