Name: Strange flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
Size: 2-8 cm
Age: 1 year +
Life span: up to 20 years and more
Country of origin: grown in the Czech Republic
Growing method: from seed
Location: in a small area in North Carolina and South Carolina (USA)
Plant color: dull green, pastes colored according to clones
Flower color: white
Starts to bloom: usually after 3-4 years
Soil composition: peat and silica sand in a ratio of 3:1
Vegetation: found in acidic swamps, in poor sandy and rocky areas
Growing: Flower pots should stand in a bowl with at least 1 - 2 cm of water. After they run out of water, we must top it up immediately. Drying out the soil will kill the carnivorous plant. They can withstand temperatures from 5-40°C. Maximum possible lighting. The best is a south window, or possibly an east or west window. Normal room temperature, the plants are suitable for summering outside. In winter, it is necessary to limit the temperature to 5-10°C. They like fresh air, it is not advisable to put plants in glass balls. The plants do not get dew.
fertilization: they get it from the food they catch
chemical treatment: Mospilan 20 sp / Vertimec 1.8 SC
information: I send without peat and flower pots with a wet paper towel in which the roots are wrapped for sufficient moisture. Carnivores do not need nutritious soil for their life, peat, which is acidic and poor in nutrients, and food that they catch themselves are enough
Never close the trap with your fingers, otherwise your plant will die. The trap must catch prey from which they get nutrients.