http://flytrapgrowing.info how to care for your Venus flytrap Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:53:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ We're at week 14 in our experiment into the effects of water quality on the growth of Venus flytraps. Our plants are looking good and have changed significantly since our last report. Specimen A: low light, distilled water The maximum trap size for specimen A, our distilled water fed plant, is now ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/growing-in-poor-conditions-week-14/ Many Venus flytraps are sold in mini terraria. These are usually small plastic domes which ensure a high humidity around your plant. Advantages Ideal for situations in which your flytrap will be growing in a low humidity environment. Low humidity environments are harmful to Venus flytraps. Your flytrap will not need watered as ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/mini-terrarium/ When Venus flytraps flower, they are often left in a poor state for a considerable time afterwards (often up to a year). They usually do not grow as quickly during this time and are likely to look sickly, limp and are more susceptible to dying. To avoid this, most growers remove ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/removing-flower-stalks/ Our experiment has entered it's sixth week and will be shortly heading into the middle of the summer when they will be exposed to the most sun. The test plants are looking fairly healthy but have lost some of the red colouration from their leaves in comparison to our control plant ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/dionaea_experiment_wk6/ To mimic the normal treatment Venus flytraps receive in the home, I caught a few flies today and fed them to each of our test plants. Regular house flies were used. I used a pair of tweezers to place the flies in the traps and quickly removed the tweezers as ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/feeding-time/ 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/ The International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) maintains a list of registered cultivar names for Dionaea muscipula Soland. ex Ellis (aka Venus flytrap). From Wikipedia: A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because it has desirable characteristics (decorative or useful) that distinguish it from ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/cultivars/ Check out this video of frog vs Venus flytrap ... Although your Venus flytrap is able to catch small frogs, lizards, worms and any other bizarre animals you may choose to feed it, you shouldn't! There are too many nasty nutrients in these animals than your plant can handle. You plant ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/mmmm-yummy-frogs/ The Venus flytraps for "Growing in poor conditions" experiment have been purchased. We purchased them for NZ$10.99 from the "Red Barn" garden center in Dunedin, New Zealand. They have nice big red traps and are looking relatively healthy at the moment. Specimen A: Distilled water The total number of traps was five, ... http://flytrapgrowing.info/growing-in-poor-conditions-2/