Drosera Binata * Forked Sundew * Carnivorous Plant * 10 Rare Seeds *

10 SEEDS OF DROSERA BINATA Drosera binata, the Forked Sundew is a temperate Sundew. Drosera binata is found primarily in sandy marshes and other wet places of Southern and Eastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. It is a tall perennial herb, 60 cm high. Known as the Forked Sundew, it is easy to see how Drosera binata got that name. The long upright leaves form a "Y" shape at the extremity. The erect stems can reach 20 inches high or more and branched in upper part. Most forms of Drosera binata in cultivation are either sterile or have self-incompatible flowers. If the flowers are self-incompatible, you will need to have two unrelated plants of the same type to get seed. The flowers are pink or white, have 5 petals and are about 2.5 cm across. They are numerous on erect stalk. The plants eat small insects to provide them with the azote which is lacking where it lives. When an insect becomes entangled in the hairs, the leaves bend inwards so that the insect comes into contact with f