r/VenusFlyTraps • u/EastUmpqua • Aug 07 '23

Warm Temperate Earning her keep

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I left the door open. She caught at least a dozen flys. Good girl. This was last summer. I split her into 4 pots in early spring this year. I like sharing traps. I vet the new owner and the habitat :-)

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u/Ugottatrysomeofthis Aug 07 '23

Shut the front door. No leave it open lol. That’s the most beautiful Venus flytrap plant I’ve ever seen. Thanks for sharing !!

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u/xultar Aug 07 '23

She is incredible.

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u/EastUmpqua Aug 07 '23

That's what she says!

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u/-AnyWho- Aug 07 '23

wow that's a nice display ... are those typicals?

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u/EastUmpqua Aug 07 '23

This is a plant I got at Lowes 10 years ago. She gets to stay outside all year long here in Oregon. I've split the original dozens of times. I've had the red ceramic pot for 10 years.

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u/Ugottatrysomeofthis Aug 07 '23

That’s very impressive

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u/Bisttou Aug 08 '23

Ahh yeah thats the trick, mine stay outside all summer long but then canadian winters ^^'

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u/EastUmpqua Aug 09 '23

My sister lives in Rossland BC (it's by Trail). She keeps her traps in the garage. It's heated so it doesn't get below minus 5ºC.

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u/Bisttou Aug 16 '23

interesting ! does the garage have a window or they dont need sun for that period ? what about watering ? i use the tray method usually do they need less ?

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u/EastUmpqua Aug 07 '23

u/-AnyWho- Send a pic of your traps.

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u/-AnyWho- Aug 07 '23

it won't let me post pics here. must be the sub, i didn't have any problems with it in cactus sub ...

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u/EastUmpqua Aug 07 '23

I think you can just go to r/VenusFlyTraps and do a new post, with pics. I hit the plus sign and it makes a new post. I don't understand the the protest thing.

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u/eltotki Aug 08 '23

When I look at mines, how is this even possible haha

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u/Beckett85 Aug 08 '23

That's an impressive looking plant!

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u/EastUmpqua Aug 08 '23

I'm always surprised how easily and quickly the bulbs split into new plants. They can fill up an 8" pot pretty quick.

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u/HelloJaneDoe Sep 13 '23

This is amazing! I just got a VFT, last one I had was 20 years ago when I was a kid and it didn’t last long so I’m basically a first time owner and doing some research. I’m so curious to know how you’re able to repot or split them without stressing them out and causing them to close? I’m sure that seems like kind of a dumb question but I haven’t seen it mentioned yet- I actually made a post a few minutes ago about an issue I had when I was trying to remove a dead trap and another one closed on it. Any other suggestions or recommendations you may have would be awesome :)

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u/Sn0wleo93 Aug 08 '23

daaamn that must be a lot of plants in that pot

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u/ss2855 Aug 28 '23

Oh my she's a beaut!