An old pic but a good one. This was the first venus flytrap to flower for me. I let it go since I had never seen one do it before.
Flowering Venus Flytrap
An old pic but a good one. This was the first venus flytrap to flower for me. I let it go since I had never seen one do it before.
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iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I guess it got really hungry and wanted to eat some bees
batmaniam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Nice! Are you planning on growing the seeds? My favorite part about carnivorous plant flowers is they all put them very high up... So they don't eat their own pollinators!
GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
This was a few years ago. I didn’t even think to start some from seed- it would have been a great idea.
batmaniam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Highly recommend! It takes a while and not all the seeds take, but it's fun.
sploosh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Allowing a VFT to flower and go to seed can kill less-established plants. If you want more VFTs you can snip the flower stalks into 1 inch sections and leave them in well lighted distilled water until they've grown little traps and the starts of some roots. Usually takes 2-3 weeks.
batmaniam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Absolutely! Although that plant looks plenty healthy to flower. I've also had issues where trimming the flower just encourages more flowering.
If I were propigating clones I'd recommend root divisions over flower stalk rooting, although if you've got the stalk, why not!
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 0 pts · 1y
I've never seen one flowering.