http://flytrapgrowing.info how to care for your Venus flytrap Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:59:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks once again to Corrosive Halo for some terrific photos. This is a nice shot of an fine example of the Red Dragon cultivar. An awesome demonstration of how many traps you can jam in one small spot. It's interesting to see how little colouring there is in the leaves. This is ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/photo-gallery/ If you are a full-on addict of Venus flytrap growing and would like to chat with like-minded people, your first port of call should be the International Carnivorous Plant Society's forum. There you will find many people dedicated to the task of growing Venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants. It ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/venus-flytrap-forum/ Is this the result of a weird cross species polination of Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap) and Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy)? Or is it a strange mutation of either species which has created this bizaare Audrey'ish mutation? The truth is that this is in fact a regular Iceland Poppy. This bizaare looking ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/dionaea-papaver-cross/ That mega-famous outstandingly accurate online encyclopedia has a stunning article on Venus flytraps ... visit the article here The article has many, many pieces of information which will be of tremendous help to growers of Venus flytraps. Here are a few selected quotations from the page: ... The Venus Flytrap is a ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/wikipedia-feature/ This definitely fits it's category title! This U-Haul truck is an on-road advertisement for Venus flytrap preservation in North Carolina. The U-Haul website has a bunch of information relating to the saving of Venus flytraps in the wild on their website. It's nice to see a big company getting behind ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/u-haul-trucks/ The Little Shop of Horrors film was re-release in 1986. The film was directed by Frank Oz (puppeteer for Yoda and Miss Piggy). The movie was shot in England with a budget of US$30 million. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song for "Mean Green Mother ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/little-shop-of-horrors-remake/ I've always been told that the Venus flytrap got it's name due to the shear white beauty of it's flowers, just like the goddess/planet Venus. The flytrap part is obviously from it's twisted fly eating ways. However Barry Rice has an interesting article on the real reason for the name Venus flytrap. Barry ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/how-did-the-venus-flytrap-get-its-name/ The mighty Venus flytrap rose to prominence in popular culture in the 1960's film, The Little Shop of Horrors. Directed by Roger Corman and written by Charles B. Griffith, the film is a farce about an inadequate young florist's assistant who cultivates a plant that feeds on human blood and ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/the-original-little-shop-of-horrors/ Here is a video from one of the worlds best known broadcasters and naturalists Sir David Attenborough ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/david-attenborough/ Mr Miyagi was onto something in Karate Kid. He used good old fashioned chop sticks to catch his flies! If you are bored some day and feel the need to catch some prime flies for your Venus flytrap, then take a look at this video for some tips on the ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/mr-miyagi-style/