Dionaea Muscipula “Venus Flytrap”
- Description
- Plant Care
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Without a doubt the most famous carnivorous plant, the Venus Flytrap is - for many growers - a gateway drug! Charles Darwin famously described the plant as "one of the most wonderful in the world," and few who have witnessed a healthy trap snapping shut on an insect would disagree.
Venus Flytraps attract their prey using sweet nectar. Touch a trigger hair twice, or two hairs in quick succession, and an electric charge closes the trap, its interlocking teeth forming a cage. The insect's continued struggles will cause the trap to seal, at which point digestive enzymes will dissolve the victim's soft tissues. The trap reabsorbs this nutritious soup, and - after about a week - reopens, using the carcass to attract new visitors. The Dionaea muscipula is one of the most captivating plants around.
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Choose a bright sunny windowsill. Insufficient sunlight will cause your flytrap’s leaves to become weak and floppy, and the insides of its traps will lack red coloration.
During the growing season, you should stand your pots in about 1 cm of water (about ⅓ inch) and avoid watering from the top.
They prefer to grow in soil which is wet, but not completely waterlogged.
20 - 30°C
Apply any organic fertilizer. -
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