I'm working with a flytrap I rescued from a store. It's my first attempt and it must be stressed, because I repotted it and it's flowering. Anyway, loving the infomation I see here and I'm giving it a shot. Thanks!
Hi! I'm a newbie to VFT and I was surprised to learn they flower! Mine just produced it's first flower. I only have 1 VFT. I would love to produce more. Is it not worth it to self pollinate it? Should I invest in another plant and cross them later? Does dividing my current VFT result in better pollination if I develop the 2 as separate plants and then cross?
You’ll get much nicer plants if you have two genetically different plants so I’d recommend getting a different cultivar and then breeding them. If you divide up your first plant, they’ll still be genetically identical so it’s still best to invest a new cultivar!
I have a flowering VFT with the anthers pointing up but there isn't any visible pollen on them. I tried using a sonic toothbrush behind the flower but I'm still not able to shake any off. Are there some instances where it will flower but just not produce pollen?
Some cultivars, especially the highly mutated ones, don’t produce pollen well. They also tend to make lots of pollen for a period and then no longer have it. So it could be either the cultivar or the timing. Is the stigma ready? Does it look like a little moles nose? If it is, it may be that you just missed the window for pollen.
Hi. Your videos are lovely! I just have a one question. My flytrap have eaten one of the flies. It is slowly reopening, however I can see that the dead fly is still there. Should I remove it or keep it inside the trap? I've read that it's okay to leave it as it encourages more flies to come to the trap 😊. Is that true?
Thank you 😊When Venus flytraps eat, they leave behind the exoskeletons of the prey having liquified and absorbed all the interior parts of the insect. The exoskeleton is just a little too hard to dissolve. So when the trap pops open, there are the “bugs pajamas” as we call them. It’s fine to leave them there as they may trick another bug into the trap when it tries to eat the decoy fly exoskeleton
I had no idea that I was supposed to cut off the flowers. My two (in the same pot), recently the up some flower stalks that have not yet opened. If I do nothing, will the plants die?
They most likely will not die as long as they are getting lots of sunlight. But they will put a lot of energy into the flower and grow smaller and fewer traps while they have their flowers up.
I just received King Henry from you and was thrilled to feed it the very first mealworm. It snapped shut but the next morning the trap was slightly open and it looks like it’s not eating the worm. The worm was alive when it was fed. Is it possible the worm is too big?
Crossing two plants is making seeds in general. They can be species or hybrid. The difference between species and hybrid is that a hybrid is a cross of two species whereas you can cross two of the same species and still have a species. So for instance, I can cross Nepenthes glabrata with Nepenthes glabrata and make pure Nepenthes glabrata species seed. I can cross Nepenthes glabrata and Nepenthes flava and I will have a hybrid of Nepenthes glabrata x flava.
So I’ve been told that if you grow a Venus flytrap from seed no matter what cultivar you got it from it will only grow a basic Venus flytrap is that true or false?
All cultivars are clones of the original plant; so each Ginormous is genetically identical to the next. When you grow seeds from Ginormous, there is genetic variability in the seeds so while they will have some qualities of Ginormous, they aren’t genetically identical so they can’t be called Ginormous.
@@Wulfenite295 Yes! It has to be totally genetically identical to be a cultivar of the mother plant. Otherwise you would call it “Ginormous x Self” if you crossed on Ginormous flower by another Ginormous flower
Thank you, Damon. And a fitting image of Damon, the artist, with his brush and palette of VFT's!
I'm working with a flytrap I rescued from a store. It's my first attempt and it must be stressed, because I repotted it and it's flowering. Anyway, loving the infomation I see here and I'm giving it a shot. Thanks!
Check out our Venus flytrap care guides for more in depth care info! ❤️🌱
Nice
Tried pollinating a king Henry a few weeks ago, looks like it's taking!
🔥🔥Niceee been waiting for.this video🔥🔥 🙌🙌🔥🔥
Thats actually really cool, im gonna experiment with this in my parents greenhouse XD
and 4 are sprouting now, maybe more will.
What is that giant saracinia in the upper left part of the video?
Hi! I'm a newbie to VFT and I was surprised to learn they flower!
Mine just produced it's first flower. I only have 1 VFT. I would love to produce more. Is it not worth it to self pollinate it? Should I invest in another plant and cross them later?
Does dividing my current VFT result in better pollination if I develop the 2 as separate plants and then cross?
You’ll get much nicer plants if you have two genetically different plants so I’d recommend getting a different cultivar and then breeding them. If you divide up your first plant, they’ll still be genetically identical so it’s still best to invest a new cultivar!
I have a flowering VFT with the anthers pointing up but there isn't any visible pollen on them. I tried using a sonic toothbrush behind the flower but I'm still not able to shake any off. Are there some instances where it will flower but just not produce pollen?
Some cultivars, especially the highly mutated ones, don’t produce pollen well. They also tend to make lots of pollen for a period and then no longer have it. So it could be either the cultivar or the timing. Is the stigma ready? Does it look like a little moles nose? If it is, it may be that you just missed the window for pollen.
Hi. Your videos are lovely!
I just have a one question.
My flytrap have eaten one of the flies.
It is slowly reopening, however I can see that the dead fly is still there. Should I remove it or keep it inside the trap?
I've read that it's okay to leave it as it encourages more flies to come to the trap 😊. Is that true?
Thank you 😊When Venus flytraps eat, they leave behind the exoskeletons of the prey having liquified and absorbed all the interior parts of the insect. The exoskeleton is just a little too hard to dissolve. So when the trap pops open, there are the “bugs pajamas” as we call them. It’s fine to leave them there as they may trick another bug into the trap when it tries to eat the decoy fly exoskeleton
I had no idea that I was supposed to cut off the flowers. My two (in the same pot), recently the up some flower stalks that have not yet opened. If I do nothing, will the plants die?
They most likely will not die as long as they are getting lots of sunlight. But they will put a lot of energy into the flower and grow smaller and fewer traps while they have their flowers up.
I just received King Henry from you and was thrilled to feed it the very first mealworm. It snapped shut but the next morning the trap was slightly open and it looks like it’s not eating the worm. The worm was alive when it was fed. Is it possible the worm is too big?
Shoot! It could be that the worm was too big or that the plant needs a bit more sun light
It will catch it’s own food.
What's the difference between "hybrids" and "crosses" then
Crossing two plants is making seeds in general. They can be species or hybrid. The difference between species and hybrid is that a hybrid is a cross of two species whereas you can cross two of the same species and still have a species. So for instance, I can cross Nepenthes glabrata with Nepenthes glabrata and make pure Nepenthes glabrata species seed. I can cross Nepenthes glabrata and Nepenthes flava and I will have a hybrid of Nepenthes glabrata x flava.
@@California_Carnivores big thank you for taking the time for the detailed explanation🙏🏽
So I’ve been told that if you grow a Venus flytrap from seed no matter what cultivar you got it from it will only grow a basic Venus flytrap is that true or false?
All cultivars are clones of the original plant; so each Ginormous is genetically identical to the next. When you grow seeds from Ginormous, there is genetic variability in the seeds so while they will have some qualities of Ginormous, they aren’t genetically identical so they can’t be called Ginormous.
@@California_Carnivores ok so unless it’s a leaf pulling, a flower stem, or a tissue culture it’s not considered a true clone of the plant.
@@Wulfenite295 Yes! It has to be totally genetically identical to be a cultivar of the mother plant. Otherwise you would call it “Ginormous x Self” if you crossed on Ginormous flower by another Ginormous flower
today I noticed 14 seeds from one flower so I planted them in the same pot. odd cause i only have 1 plant.
You should wait til the seeds are ripe.