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Does anyone know of the largest variant of forked sundew? The ones that grow in Australia. I thought the biggest was the binata? Not sure. Thank you & have a nice day!

The scientific name of a Fork-leaved Sundew is drosera binata. However, this species has different varieties. D. binata var. dichotoma 'Giant' is the largest Fork-leaved Sundew. I believe D. binata var. multifida "extrema" has the largest number of terminal leaf points.

Cool, thanks for the info, going to buy the "D. binata var. dichotoma 'Giant'". Thanks again!

I've never had a binata, but I've done lots of reading and multiple sources say that D. binata var. dichotoma 'Giant' is the largest sundew. (just so you know)

It all depends. The var. Dichotoma is a nice plant, but it's still a Binata. If you want a bit more chance, buy a seedgrown D. Binata and see what happens

Drosera Binata var. Multifida f. extrema. Largest form of Binata, with the longest name accordingly. It can have 77 forks in the wild, maybe 30-40 in cultivation usually.

I can't seem to figure out the difference between D. binata (typical), D binata "T- Form", and D. binata "Upright Form".

The longest leaves of D. binata belong to var. Dichotoma, and I've seen photos of them in-situ with petioles over three feet long. When they get this long they're usually growing amidst dense vegetation, hence the extremely elongated/etiolated petioles. I believe this taxon is informally recognized as "f. pedata", as there are a number of other different looking plants that still fall into the "var. Dichotoma" taxon. D. binata var. multifida f. extrema can have the most forks per leaf as stated above.