African Sundew Plants

May 18th, 2008

I have experimentally planted some of my African Cape Sundew’s offspring (drosera capensis) down by our garden pond where they seem to have settled in quite nicely with the thousands of flies that hover about around there. I found a broken pot in which to plant them, that I partially buried on its side so that a bit of water would be pooled in it, but also begin draining off if the level gets too high.

However, missing my previous artistic influences on the garden in the form of large bamboo sculptures, I couldn’t help but take this a bit further and decided to make a tripod from branches over the top and hang a white stone above them. Incidentally, the stone seems to warm up in the sun and attract flies to its surface.

(Here’s a zoomed-out shot of the entire lot.)

And a few days later!