How I got into propagating byblis

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Few years back I was really into balcony gardening because I had quite a bit of free time when working from home and work life was generally chill.

I also had a balcony that was not really aesthetic at my old place, but I knew it’s something that I could never have back in my new BTO so…

I met up with a Carouseller to buy a byblis plant because I thought it would be perfect for my living conditions and hopefully catch annoying mosquitoes since I did not want to use bug sprays in case my cat accidentally inhales it somehow. 

So Byblis plant is a carnivorous plant that grows up to 30cm tall, it starts out erect and eventually became lazy and weak so it becomes trailing. Its characteristics reminds me of myself because I just get lazier and lazier these days. 


It’s a really hardy plants that caught me so many random tiny bugs. It even produced flowers and I didn’t even do anything much.


Standing strong and catching lots of tiny pests


I’m such a frugal person- I even propagated it because I can’t say no to more. 

I usually cut off a sturdy looking stem, of about 10cm and trim off the leaves(?) and plonk it into water. Or water and sphagnum moss when I’m feeling more hardworking. 


When I’m lazy I just leave it in a disposable cup.

According to NParks website:

 This species tends to eventually die back and can be propagated by stem cuttings. It grows best outdoors where it can receive bright light.

Basically growing and maintaining it was easy for someone that keeps on killing rosemary plants (aka intermediate gardener? Haha). So that’s the story of how my $2 byblis plant made go into a crazy gardener mode and drove my husband crazy 🤪 

One day, maybe when my baby grows up, I’ll go on Carousell and buy a small byblis plant to restart my gardening journey again.


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