Photos of my flytraps 3-27-2010 (picture intensive

[mmlr38]

I uploaded a ton of photos I took today here:
Photos of Matt's flytraps spring 2010

Here are a few highlights:
Bohemian Garnet


Low Giant


Big Mouth (aka Red Purple)


Fuzzy Tooth
The trap with the fuzed teeth is actually from last season. All new traps are coming up fairly normal. Fusing gets more pronounced as the season progresses.

Red Plant I raised from seed
It's the deepest red plant I've ever seen.

Here it is next to an all green clone called Grün (which I like better than Justina Davis because it has more vigor and larger traps from what I can tell).


Grün

Petite Dragon

Scarlet Bristle


Looks like it's going to flower!

Red Piranha



Gold Strike


Pink Venus


Akai Ryu (Red Dragon)

Fused Tooth
Notice how the new traps are much larger than the old ones and they're not showing and fusing. The fusing comes later in the year.


Sawtooth



Long Red Fingers


Cupped Trap

Bristletooth


And last but not least:
Wacky Traps!



And it appears to be putting up a flower stalk which I hope to tissue culture!

[unstuckintime]

Wow! That deep red one your raised from seed... Its amazing! Its almost black!

[mmlr38]

Mar 28, 2010 18:44:24 GMT unstuckintime said:

Wow! That deep red one your raised from seed... Its amazing! Its almost black!

Thanks, yes it is almost black or deep purple in color. I almost wish I had covered the top of the soil with silica sand to have it stand out better. In the photos it's hard to see the color against the dark peat moss.

[brokken]

Wow! How gorgeous. And great photography! Makes me want to fall in love with dionaea again.

[julien]

beautiful plants.

your red plants from seeds look very dark, never seen one red clone so red like yours.

[runnervalentine]

Congrats on the plants they look amazing. that deep red purple one is intense. also i love the multi-color red/green/yellow tiedye ones, pink venus. THose wacky traps... are they supposed to be like that and do they catch things? they are cool non the less.

[jonnyq]

Jun 2, 2010 12:44:08 GMT runnervalentine said:

THose wacky traps... are they supposed to be like that and do they catch things? they are cool non the less.

I believe I've read that the traps aren't functional and that the plant itself is a bit difficult to maintain, i.e. not vigorous?

[mmlr38]

Jun 2, 2010 12:44:08 GMT runnervalentine said:

THose wacky traps... are they supposed to be like that and do they catch things? they are cool non the less.

Yes, the weird trap characteristic is very stable and if the traps don't look like that then the plant isn't a 'Wacky Traps'. They do not catch things and grow a bit slower for this reason. But the plant I have seems to grow nearly as quickly as my other Dionaea. I think that they photosynthesize fairly well.

[krakatoa]

Your plants are beautiful!! I love to see VFTS grown in clusters like that.

[Richard Davion]

I-Reckon The-'One' You-Raised from-Seed is-Definitely R-Winner, so-to-Speak. Reckon You-Should Just Call-It: "BLARK" >(*U^)<