Drosera Filiformis

Name: Drosera Filiformis
Brand: Sweet Leaf Nursery
SKU: shopify_US_6691548954817_39849073868993
Price: 12.95 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)

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Description

Drosera filiformis or the Thread-Leaf Sundew is a carnivorous plant in the Droseraceae family that are native to North America, and grow natively in the Florida panhandle and from North Carolina up to Nova Scotia, Canada. This type is the east coast variety which are more of a green leaf with pink/red tips, as opposed to the Florida variation that has more red in the leaves and is darker in color. They are fuzzy pet safe.

Drosera filiformis is one of the largest drosera in North America, forming a rosette with long leaves growing straight up towards the sky, covered with hairs and sticky dew that attract bugs as well as snatch them right out of the air as they fly by.
Growing up to 6 to 8 inches tall, filiformis leaves start at the bottom as a small curled pinwheel of leaf, and unrolls in spirals as it reaches upwards and stands straight.
Flowers are a light purple and are self-pollinating, growing seeds that need cold stratification to germinate.
Plants will arrive in a 2.5 inch deep pot, fully rooted and in the correct medium.
Plants will form hibernacula that can be used to propagate more plants in Spring before the plants start their Spring growth.

Basic Care

Drosera filiformis need a dormancy period in Winter and should only be given rain, reverse osmosis water or distilled.
Cold hardy, they should be protected from frost in Spring but can live year round outside in growing zones 6 and up, and should be protected after going dormant in an unheated shed or garage in zones 5 and below. Their native zones are 6 and 7, and may have to be helped into dormancy in zones 9 and up.
Plants prefer bright, indirect light or limited full sun so that they don’t burn up.
Here they are kept in a bog under pine trees, mimicking the natural environment of the plant in both temperatures and location.
If you decide to repot, these plants should be potted in 50:50 a mix of peat moss and perlite and given boggy conditions, sitting in water that goes about a quarter to a half inch up the side of the pot.

Be sure to read the care guide included with your plant to ensure proper watering and care. Never feed people food or fertilize unless you are an experienced grower and use the proper fertilizer! You can email us for details and purchase fertilizer which is available in our shop.

Reviews

Well packaged

The plant although small which I expected was very well packaged. Nothing busted or withered. It did very well and I got regular shipping! The put a red solo cup over the plant and taped it well.

Happy Filiformis and happy customer

My Filifomis came quick, very happy and healthy. Looked just like the picture. New leaves are forming everyday.

Miranda is extremely friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful. She never failed to answer my questions and offer advise.

She's my go-to for plant shopping especially carnivorous plants and if she doesn't have what I'm looking for she'll refer me to someone she knows and that she also knows cares and loves the plants being sold.

Second drosera

I love these so much! The service and delivery was impeccable and it still had dew when I opened it up!

Winter Shipping

96 hour HEAT PACKS are available under the Accessories category. Due to the colder weather and the postal delays from Covid-19 and the increased number of packages during the holidays, we are only offering the larger, 96 hour heat pack and are upgrading all orders with a heat pack to Priority to hopefully ensure that the heat pack is still working upon arrival.

If the daytime temperature in your area or mine is below 45 degrees, we recommend a heat pack. If your area is going to be extremely cold, then you may need two heat packs. If you do not want to include heat packs during cold weather, then you take full responsibility if your plant freezes. We may check the weather between South Carolina and your location, and send a message to recommend adding a heat pack. We do not leave our plants outside for the post office to pick them up and instead take the plants to the post office before the postal truck comes at 4pm so that they are not sitting outside in the elements. We want to provide you with the highest quality plants possible and between our cost and the extra added cost of shipping, there is no mark up on heat packs and they are simply provided as a service to ensure your plants arrive safely.

ABOUT 96 HOUR HEAT PACKS

They last at least 96 hours. Due to mail delays, we are only offering the 96 hour heat pack at this time. For an additional $7 charge, we are offering a shipping upgrade to priority shipping with an included heat pack. We cannot be responsible for plants that were damaged by extreme cold where a heat pack was not purchased, so please check your weather and take postal delays into consideration.