Drosera rotundifolia (Round-Leaved Sundew) - Tissue Culture
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The Drosera rotundifolia, commonly known as the Round-Leaved Sundew, is a fascinating carnivorous plant that thrives in humid, nutrient-poor environments. With its signature round leaves covered in glistening, sticky tentacles, this plant captures and digests small insects, providing a natural method of nutrient intake. This species is an excellent choice for terrariums, paludariums, and dedicated carnivorous plant setups.
Grown in sterile tissue culture, this specimen is 100% pest-free, disease-free, and algae-free, ensuring a clean and healthy start for your plant. Tissue-cultured plants arrive with strong, young growth and adapt quickly to new environments.
Features We Love:
- Insect-Trapping Tentacles – Produces glistening, sticky mucilage to capture and digest small prey.
- Perfect for Carnivorous Plant Setups – Thrives in high humidity and nutrient-poor soil.
- Low Maintenance & Hardy – Requires minimal care once established in a proper environment.
- Great for Terrariums & Paludariums – Adds a unique, functional element to humid enclosures.
Care Guidelines:
- Light: Bright, direct, or high-intensity artificial lighting.
- Temperature: 50° - 80° F (10° - 27° C).
- Humidity: High humidity (70%+ preferred).
- Soil: Nutrient-poor, acidic soil (peat moss and perlite mix).
- Watering: Use only distilled, rain, or reverse osmosis water—avoid tap water. Keep soil moist but not waterlogged.
Pro Tips:
- Acclimate Slowly – Tissue-cultured plants need a gradual transition from high humidity to normal conditions.
- Avoid Fertilizers – Sundews obtain nutrients from insects and do not require standard plant fertilizers.
- Encourage Dew Production – Bright light and high humidity promote the production of sticky, insect-catching droplets.
- Dormancy Awareness – This species may enter dormancy in cooler months, during which growth slows, and leaves may die back.
100% Live Arrival Guarantee:
We stand by the quality of our plants. All Aquatic Arts plants come with a 100% Live Arrival Guarantee.
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Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.
