Venus Fly Trap

[Dragontown]

Well after a few unsuccessful attempts, I think I FINALLY got it right with the care. My fly trap has been dormant but is suddenly starting to flower!

[kennedy7717]

Cool all I do is kill plants

[Jaybee]

Carnivorous plants are really difficult to care for! Congrats

[scrletbegonias]

sweet! i want one but they always die. the last one i owned was named henry.

[Jennsen]

Oh wow! How neat! I would love one... but all I do is kill plants too!
Which is why I don't even have real plants for my gecko homes!

[kbsdsad]

Congrats!! The only carnivorous plant I've successfully wintered is a Purple Pitcher Plant (Northern variety). Maybe I'll see a flower this spring/summer too!

[Dragontown]

The leaves got all curly and I thought it was dying, but they got a real vibrant green. Now there's new traps sprouting and one stem shooting up that looks unlike any of the others so I am assuming it is going to bloom. The BIG thing I wasn't doing was letting the water sit for 24 hours to let the evil stuff filter out before watering them. Saw a bunch of care sites, none mentioned that!

[DDReptiles]

Cool Mike, when I used to live in Wilmington, NC I always got to see them flower.

FYI- Venus Fly Traps are only found in the wild within a 50 mile radius of Wilmington, NC

Currently trying to get my Pitcher Plants to get going.

[MoonriseGeckos]

I've always wondered if you can keep carnivorous plants with your geckos...There are usually a few fruit flies buzzing around in there...

[Antoniorocko]

i bought a venus fly trap and a purple pitcher to sit next to my tanks thinking they could eat the gnats and occasional escaped cricket, but then both plants kicked it in like 2-3 weeks. definitely not a easy plant to care for.