Drosera Capensis (Red/White) American Trumpet Pitcher Pitchers are bright red

Pitchers are bright red

purpurea x rubra

Reduce water to twice a week and place plant in a cooler spot

The hoods are broad and ruffled and the lip is thick and deep red

Drosera Capensis (Red/White) American Trumpet Pitcher Pitchers are bright redDrosera capensis, commonly known as the Cape sundew. It is endemic to the Cape in South Africa. It is a small rosette forming, evergreen, perennial plant with tendril like leaves. The plant uses a sticky, glistening glue (mucilage) to trap its prey and the tendrils of the plant wrap around the trapped insect to increase digestion. The plant gets a pale violet flower in summer that produces a large amounts of seeds. The seeds that self pollinate. Size