Drosera intermedia - Carnivorous - Rare Insectivorous Sundew Plant Seeds From Cuba

Drosera intermedia

Carnivorous Plant Seeds

Sundews leaves are usually flat with hundreds of tentacles which hold a gland that produces the dew. The dew is very thick and sticky.

When an insect gets stuck to some dew, more tentacles move in to get their dew covered glands against the insect to keep it from escaping.

The glands on top of the tentacles then secrete acids and enzymes which dissolve the insect.

The glands then re-absorb the nutrient rich fluid.

Drosera intermedia, commonly known as the oblong-leaved sundew or spoonleaf sundew, is an insectivorous plant species belonging to the sundew genus. It is a temperate or tropical species native to Europe, southeastern Canada, the eastern half of the United States, Cuba and northern South America.