Plants in culture

What is on the shelves right now.

Every culture below is currently in active production at the Suiwerkweek laboratory. Tap any photo to view it larger. Availability changes weekly — message us for current stock and lead times.

Carnivorous plants

Carnivorous cultures.

Our active flagship lines. Carnivorous species suit tissue culture beautifully — they multiply cleanly on relatively simple media, and the resulting plants are popular with serious collectors across South Africa.

Drosera capensis culture
SundewStage II/III

Cape Sundew

Drosera capensis

Indigenous to the Western Cape fynbos. Vigorous, easy to grow, and one of the most reliable in vitro multipliers we work with. A great gateway carnivorous plant.

In stockPlantlets & flasks
Drosera capensis showing dense culture
SundewStage II

Cape Sundew — dense line

Drosera capensis

Same species, a particularly vigorous clonal line we have been actively multiplying. Suitable for bulk orders.

In stockBulk available
Pinguicula gloriosa culture
ButterwortStage II

Gloriosa Butterwort

Pinguicula gloriosa

Mexican butterwort, prized for its compact rosette and pink winter blooms. Stable in vitro line, ready for collector orders.

LimitedPlantlets
Pinguicula gloriosa secondary stock culture
ButterwortStage II

Gloriosa Butterwort — backup line

Pinguicula gloriosa

Parallel culture line held as production backup. Same clone, separate vessel — built for redundancy.

LimitedEnquire
White-flowered Pinguicula culture
ButterwortStage II

White Butterwort

Pinguicula sp. (white-flowered)

A rarer white-flowering Pinguicula selection. Slower in vitro than P. gloriosa but in active stable culture — limited release planned.

LimitedPre-order
White Pinguicula clonal multiplication
ButterwortStage II

White Butterwort — clonal detail

Pinguicula sp. (white-flowered)

Showing the multiplication response we are currently getting on this line. Plants developing well; root induction underway.

LimitedPre-order

On contract

Commercial species — available on contract.

In addition to our active in-house catalogue, we take on commercial propagation projects for species we don't hold in routine production. Talk to us about your mother stock and your volume target.

Berries
on contract
CommercialContract

Strawberry & Blueberry

Fragaria · Vaccinium

Open varieties or licensed cultivars under written authorisation from the breeder. Bulk production for tunnel growers and berry farms.

Contract500+ units
Fynbos
on contract
CommercialContract

Proteas & Indigenous

Protea · Leucadendron · Erica

Export-grade ornamentals and indigenous species for landscape, conservation, and restoration projects.

ContractBy project
Custom
your species
CustomDevelopment

Custom protocols

Bring your mother plant

Species not on our catalogue, or your own proprietary cultivars. Protocol development followed by scaled production.

3 – 6 monthsQuote

If you don't see the species you need, ask. We have either run it before, can run it, or will tell you honestly that we cannot.

Enquire about a species