I was wondering when to pop this very special and unique Fynbos wonder up, it truly is one of the more miraculous plants I have ever seen.  This week’s little beauty is called a Drosera.  In Afrikaans the name is a Snotroos.  (Snot Rose)  This is one of the most accurate descriptions I could think of for a member of the sundew family. (Think Little Shop of Horrors…feed me Seymour!)  So in honour of this amazing likeness to the big green godfather of Sundews…I call this little forest up in our fynbos area Klein Audrey 2.

These are amazing plants, our Cape examples are fortunately not as bloodthirsty as the godfather.. they do not have flowers that eat humans. What happens is a bug will land up getting caught in the snot, which then eats the bug by drawing the nutrition out.  Grueseome, but we all know that Africa aint for sissies.   For some more behind the reasons a plant is insectivorous please check out the most valuable source of info for all things Fynbos: plantzafrica

PS:  if you are ever walking in our beautiful fynbos; and you hear ‘feed me’ coming from low down on the ground….run like hell!