I’m breeding an army of my favorite plant – you can get a million in three years with no effort, they clone themselves
A MAN has shared the low-effort plant he breeds that multiplies itself.
It’s said that you can get up to a million of them in three years as they go through the cloning process.
“These tiny carnivorous plants have a dark secret,” carnivorous plant lover Bogman Plantenstein (@bogmanplantenstein) said of the red, prickly-looking plants in a TikTok video.
“They can infinitely clone themselves.
“Every year pygmy sundews grow thousands of little buds called pygmy in this beautiful geometric pattern.
“Each one of these gemmae will fling off and become a new clone of the mother plant.
“One plant will have 100 babies each year. Meaning in three years they can breed one million sundews. In six years one trillion sundews,” he explained.
Speaking of his own flowers he said: “They only grow into about one inch wide for now, but I’m breeding them to one day take down more succulent pray.”
“I’m breeding an army,” he further clarified in his caption.
He also gave some more information on the unique plant.
“Pygmy sundews range from around 0.5”-2” in diameter.
“There are over 50 different species native primarily to Australia with flowers of all colors (sometimes bigger than the plant itself),” he said.
“Gemmae can also vary in shape and size from round balls to flat disks — some species producing only a few gemmae and others producing hundreds per year.”
A viewer in the comments section of the video was in awe at the look of the plants.
“Woah, I love them. So pretty,” they said.