Dionaea Muscipula 'Crested Petioles'
Venus Fly Trap 'Crested Petiole'
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a small carniverous plant with a rosette of four to seven leaves, which arise from bulb-like object. Venus flytraps are popular as cultivated plants, but are quite difficult to grow. To successfully grow them, you will need to recreate a close approximation to its natural habitat. Dionaea Muscipula 'Crested Petioles' is similar to most flytraps in colour and trap shape, but has a long, thin stem that joins the traps and leaves. It sometimes develops ridges, bumps and serrations in the upper part of the petiole, or stem to which the trap is attached
Contributed by @PunkyKy
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Full sun
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Frequent watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Venus Fly Trap 'Crested Petiole'
Latin name
Dionaea Muscipula 'Crested Petioles'
type
Carnivorous plant
family
Droseraceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Frequent watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.15 M
0.15 M
Dionaea Muscipula 'Crested Petioles'
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a small carniverous plant with a rosette of four to seven leaves, which arise from bulb-like object. Venus flytraps are popular as cultivated plants, but are quite difficult to grow. To successfully grow them, you will need to recreate a close approximation to its natural habitat. Dionaea Muscipula 'Crested Petioles' is similar to most flytraps in colour and trap shape, but has a long, thin stem that joins the traps and leaves. It sometimes develops ridges, bumps and serrations in the upper part of the petiole, or stem to which the trap is attached
Propagation
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Plants can be propagated by seed, taking around four to five years to reach maturity. More commonly, they are propagated by clonal division in spring or summer. Venus flytraps can also be propagated in vitro using plant tissue culture.
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Late Summer
The plant needs lots of light. Give it full sun if you can. Grow it outside as much as you can. It also makes an excellent indoor plant but requires more light than it can get on a typical house window sill. The pot with the plant must always be sitting in pure water. Use a pot 8 cm (3 inches) in diameter and 10 cm (4 inches) tall with a soil of 50% to 70% peat moss and 30% to 50% coarse silica sand with a 1 cm (half inch) layer of coarse silica sand on the top. However, wait to do this until the plant has acclimated to your conditions and is growing well. If you absolutely do need to repot it, put it in a plastic bag for a few weeks after repotting.
PunkyKy