I don't think there's another nursery, anywhere, carrying this many distinct Drosera capensis locality forms and cultivars at once. Wild collected forms from the Western Cape sit right next to garden selections and giant clones, so you can build out a serious capensis collection in one order instead of hunting across a dozen sellers.

What makes capensis so cool is how much variation exists in a single species. Compare the compact, deep red "Big Red - Meadowview" to the sprawling, monstrous leaves of Hercules, or the ghostly white "Albino" to the curled, ribbon-like leaves of "Lotus Eater." Same species, wildly different plants. That's rare in the carnivorous plant world, and it's a big part of why I keep chasing down new locality forms.

Hercules and Hercules x Self are included here rather than off on their own, since Hercules is itself a capensis clone, just an exceptionally large one. It's one of the most requested plants in the whole catalog, and it belongs with the rest of the family.

Many of the wild locality forms in this collection, including the Driehoek Farm, Bot River, and Matroosberg lines, are grown from stock sourced through Noah Juve of Insectsinside Nursery, who has done serious work tracking down and preserving capensis genetics from across South Africa.

I've been growing carnivorous plants for over 30 years and founded the Colorado Carnivorous Plant Society back in 2003. Capensis is where most people start. It's also where a lot of serious collectors end up spending the most time, once they see how much is actually out there.

Not sure where to start? Check out our Drosera cultivation guide.