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General Non-Mantis Discussion
Other Insects & Invertebrates
First Flytrape Need Help
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<blockquote data-quote="Ranitomeya" data-source="post: 236354" data-attributes="member: 6796"><p>It looks like it is in sphagnum moss which is passable as a substrate. It would do much better in something like a mixture of peat and milled sphagnum moss since it neither requires nor appreciates a substrate that is too airy and prone to drying. Your venus flytrap appears to have dried out and died, but I would check to see if the base of the plant is still alive and not wilted.</p><p></p><p>One big problem you get when you buy carnivorous plants from hardware stores is that they tend to have been kept in insufficient lighting for a very long time--this is evident on yours by the etiolation or the elongation of its leaves. Another problem is that they're almost always plants recently removed from tissue culture and have not been allowed to harden up and acclimate to conditions outside of container saturated with moisture.</p><p></p><p>Removing the plant too quickly from that clear plastic cup these plants usually come with can cause it to go into shock since it won't be adapted to lower humidity and its leaves will be unable to retain moisture. Putting it into good lighting too quickly without slowly acclimating it from dim lighting similar to its previous in-store conditions will burn the leaves and also cause it to dry out as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranitomeya, post: 236354, member: 6796"] It looks like it is in sphagnum moss which is passable as a substrate. It would do much better in something like a mixture of peat and milled sphagnum moss since it neither requires nor appreciates a substrate that is too airy and prone to drying. Your venus flytrap appears to have dried out and died, but I would check to see if the base of the plant is still alive and not wilted. One big problem you get when you buy carnivorous plants from hardware stores is that they tend to have been kept in insufficient lighting for a very long time--this is evident on yours by the etiolation or the elongation of its leaves. Another problem is that they're almost always plants recently removed from tissue culture and have not been allowed to harden up and acclimate to conditions outside of container saturated with moisture. Removing the plant too quickly from that clear plastic cup these plants usually come with can cause it to go into shock since it won't be adapted to lower humidity and its leaves will be unable to retain moisture. Putting it into good lighting too quickly without slowly acclimating it from dim lighting similar to its previous in-store conditions will burn the leaves and also cause it to dry out as well. [/QUOTE]
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