- Sun Jul 10, 2022 3:15 pm
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Sundews69 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:33 am
Littlemaxbigworld wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:28 am
Sundews69 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:22 am
Yes, best to do it right the first time! 'Ginormous' is a cultivar. Venus flytraps (VFTs) are only one species (Dionaea Muscipula). Anything labeled other than Dionaea Muscipula or Dionaea M. 'typical' is a cultivar. I have Dionaea M. 'red dragon' for example.
It looks like your plant shipped quite well! Minor damage to traps is to be expected. Expect to have very slow growth from your VFT as they HATE being shipped during the active growing season and sometimes need years to recover (Although it usually doesn't take that long). If it is indoors, keep the humidity as high as possible to help it recover. If it's outdoors, don't bag it to keep humidity high as the greenhouse effect will destroy your plant. If you have grow lights, put it under them with the plant in a bag. Let me know if you have any questions at all!
Yay! I'm happy to hear it came in in good condition. Unless it was clearly damaged and visibly doing very poorly I wouldn't necessarily know what to look for.
I've got him outside. Currently in a shady spot with a few brief hours of evening sun to slowly acclimate him to full sun. When he's ready I have a super-sunny spot that should give them all of their sunshine needs according to the things I've read they need. As impatient I can be at times to get immediate gratification I'm totally willing to be patient with recovery. Even if I do check on it and stare at it a million times a day and tell him he's doing wonderful.
Ok, for the best recovery, give him LOTS of humidity though. He'll will probably be fine without it but he will greatly appreciate it! Also, 'Ginormous', hence the name, gets huge traps! Up to 2 inches across! Melvin could also use some more light. Make sure you acclimate him to more light too though as he had been in a big box store for who knows how long with very little light.
From having looked around online it’s looking like Melvin might have some sunburn. What do you think? I moved him to a shadier spot for now. But his new trap is officially starting to open with some teefs coming out today!!
Also been doing that bag thing for Calvin. I have a ball python so I have hygrometers laying around the house so I have one in there, too, like the guide said.
(And my boyfriend totally ordered me one of those mystery red-plant seed packet things and FTS Flaming Lips and omg I can’t wait. I love starting plants from seeds!)
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Current VFT collection:
Melvin the cup-of-death rescue (July 4th, 2022)
Calvin the Dionaea Muscipula Ginormous (July 7th, 2022)
Gladys the FTS Flaming Lips (July 14th, 2022)