Colorado Springs man grows world's largest Venus flytrap

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2021
  • Colorado Springs man grows world's largest Venus flytrap

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  • @Jeanetty373
    @Jeanetty373 2 роки тому +390

    I think it’s not creepy that news reporter needs to stop hating

    • @InferiorRaven77
      @InferiorRaven77 Рік тому +19

      She was calling the fly trap creepy not the dude lol

    • @devilmecare
      @devilmecare 11 місяців тому +10

      Both news people complimented him. No hating whatsoever.

    • @GodMaxDrinkerofTea
      @GodMaxDrinkerofTea 10 місяців тому +5

      Guys. We're talking about the plants. They are just silly lil chompers, not creepy

    • @kimchiFriedRice1010
      @kimchiFriedRice1010 5 місяців тому +6

      It’s called having an opinion 🤯

    • @Stumme-40203
      @Stumme-40203 4 місяці тому +1

      You are wrong! Booo

  • @randonym
    @randonym 4 місяці тому +85

    i love that his parents built the greenhouse right outside his window?? that's such a beautiful wholesome way of giving him a whole sanctuary not just for his hobby but him also.

    • @kobrapromotions
      @kobrapromotions 4 місяці тому +1

      I know right? what a great way to encourage your kids into stem with something like botany.

  • @mcfluffynips
    @mcfluffynips Рік тому +165

    Respect to his parents for seeing his potential talent and giving him the space to develop it beginning in early childhood. Future parents, learn from this!

    • @raulbleedem
      @raulbleedem 11 місяців тому +3

      I agree

    • @garylefevers
      @garylefevers 4 місяці тому +1

      100% right. Too many times have witnessed parents trying to dictate what the talent was to the child instead of observing the child and respecting their interests. I wish all children had such parents.

    • @Touch_Finger
      @Touch_Finger 4 місяці тому

      My parents bought me a guitar with no strings

    • @jasondavis2995
      @jasondavis2995 4 місяці тому

      Yes Don't Take Your Kids Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh cards one non particular summer during middle school and act like they disappeared. Don't tell them that video game is will never get them anywhere. It's a lie that I fell for and I regret it

    • @CheeseAndMac46
      @CheeseAndMac46 3 місяці тому

      @@Touch_Fingerlmao my parents can't even buy me a one dollar screen protector for my phone 💀

  • @sc705
    @sc705 2 роки тому +200

    Not creepy at all. Very cool hobby

  • @WorldOfNicky
    @WorldOfNicky 2 роки тому +105

    This isn’t creepy at all, it’s incredible!

  • @ayakotami3318
    @ayakotami3318 7 місяців тому +8

    My favorite plant. Some may think they're creepy, but they're so cool!

  • @christophermockford1502
    @christophermockford1502 2 роки тому +55

    Sometimes I get inital feelings that American news reporters' jobs are to make the public weaker to feelings of initial fears and disgust, and to destroy a real sense of wonder, amazement and adventure, but then I ponder more and realize I spend very little time watching the local news reports anymore, so I could only be reacting to just this and a few other reporter's styles, but snarky, dismissive comments are abundant in the media landscape, so I'm not sure if I'm just feeding my own prejudices or am ignoring all the good that modern reporting styles have done.

    • @evonne315
      @evonne315 4 місяці тому +1

      I absolutely agree. Its like nails on a chalkboard sometimes the level of awkwardness in news reporting.

  • @Dont.Listen.to.This.2023
    @Dont.Listen.to.This.2023 8 місяців тому +10

    this guy is benefitting nature and the plant life on our planet. I see a citizen staying out of trouble. Looks amazing

  • @HellenaHanbasquet
    @HellenaHanbasquet 5 місяців тому +7

    Creepy? WTF? This is awesome! And props to his parents for building that greenhouse for him!!

    • @johnnycage3881
      @johnnycage3881 4 місяці тому

      Americans throw around that word way too much.

  • @knalac
    @knalac Рік тому +32

    Is it just me or would anybody else be tempted to buy like thousands of flys and let them loose in one of those greenhouse with cameras watching the whole thing to do a time lapse?

  • @brownpride4866
    @brownpride4866 Рік тому +29

    Just got my son his first venus fly trap for his 7th bday gonna surprise him later on today,he seen them at home depot and couldn't stop talking about the chomper plant lol hope he groes it into a hobby and keep him out the streets 💯

    • @Qydra1
      @Qydra1 Рік тому +1

      For some of the best carnivorous plant tutorials, check out California Carnivores's channel. They're one of the best nurseries in the hobby: ua-cam.com/users/CaliforniaCarnivoresCC

    • @christiantacosstewart6532
      @christiantacosstewart6532 11 місяців тому

      UA-cam needs a love button!! Your a great parent thank you for raising him right in a world where it seems most parents just want to be there kids friend

    • @TroPy1n
      @TroPy1n 10 місяців тому

      Get him several. I'm 33, bought a "starter" pack with a Venus fly trap, Trumpets and Sundew and utterly fascinated by them. They just want poor soil, plenty of rain and sunlight,...the rest they get from the insects...

  • @carmonk9243
    @carmonk9243 4 місяці тому +3

    Omg! I love what his parents did. I would be sleeping in that greenhouse. Lol i started young too, but I have carnivores, tropics, a little Arizona, and well over 345 different plants in just my bedroom. Lol palms draping over our bed, Habibi, my Habicus loves to bloom indoors more than out, and she loves to sit with my Nepenthes. I love them all.

  • @bouncyblight2001
    @bouncyblight2001 2 роки тому +36

    I’m surprised the record holder isn’t something like the B-52 cultivar or DC-XL

    • @monke1919
      @monke1919 2 роки тому +5

      The alien cultivar can get big too

  • @cracklasco
    @cracklasco 5 місяців тому +7

    “Alien” is obvious but just perfect for a Venus flytrap.

  • @Mangolite
    @Mangolite 4 місяці тому +4

    I live in western NC, and it is about a 6-8 hour drive to the bogs between North and South Carolina, the only natural habitat for the Venus Flytrap. They are really hard to see if you don’t tread carefully if not at one of the overlook point. They are smaller than a pinky finger. The ones you see in the store have been modified to be more significant.

  • @JG-or9ej
    @JG-or9ej 10 місяців тому +8

    I was expecting Seymour 😂

  • @Tammissa
    @Tammissa Рік тому +14

    I love these plants! I’m currently winterizing my plant. Waiting for spring to come around. Even as a kid I’ve always had a fascination with these plants. Way to go mom n dad for supporting their young sons love of nature and plants.

  • @Dasycottus
    @Dasycottus 2 роки тому +20

    That greenhouse is a fly's idea of hell.
    Dude kicks ass

  • @randygreen007
    @randygreen007 4 місяці тому +3

    I wonder how many times this guy has watched the movie “The Little Shop of Horrors”? 😂

  • @andrewlindell8626
    @andrewlindell8626 Рік тому +16

    Bought fly traps from him as a teenager. It's pretty cool

  • @barbietheemuslimah
    @barbietheemuslimah 4 місяці тому +3

    Feed me Seymour 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jahmaldujon9010
    @jahmaldujon9010 4 місяці тому +2

    Plant: "Feeeeeeeeeed Me"

  • @00BeesKnees00
    @00BeesKnees00 4 місяці тому +2

    I wish they'd give a comparison of these venus fly traps vs. the average size ones. How are we supposed to be amazed if we can't tell how big they are?

  • @adriananoelle4699
    @adriananoelle4699 2 роки тому +13

    Man! I was expecting a huge plant, not a regular sized VFT. 🤣

    • @bouncyblight2001
      @bouncyblight2001 Рік тому +2

      Yeah it’s a shame that Venus flytraps can’t get to the size of nepenthes pitcher plants. It’d be able to eat rodents if it could

    • @jonnaking3054
      @jonnaking3054 Рік тому

      @@bouncyblight2001 I thought in the wild the traps could get about the size of a human hand

    • @bouncyblight2001
      @bouncyblight2001 Рік тому +3

      @@jonnaking3054 oh no, the ones in the wild are small 1 inch traps. However we’ve been cloning and tissue culturing them for genetic mutations that can make the traps bigger. But even those only get to 2 inches, things like B52, King Henry, or DCXL are the 3 top dogs when it comes to big traps as far as I’m aware. There’s tons of different cultivars though.

    • @jonnaking3054
      @jonnaking3054 Рік тому +1

      @@bouncyblight2001 when I was little I had a HUGE Venus Flytrap, we got it a our Kroger store, it was the biggest I'd ever seen! I would have guessed the traps were 2 inches across at least ! But the traps were also really sluggish and slow reacting ... as opposed to the smaller ones that can snap shut like lightning

    • @shaydesofblue2281
      @shaydesofblue2281 10 місяців тому

      Nah, these are huge.

  • @johnnyfavorite1194
    @johnnyfavorite1194 2 роки тому +4

    A L I E N is a great cultivar, but PLOT TWIST: It’s traps are barely functional as they can only close very, very slowly.

  • @patriciaschuster1371
    @patriciaschuster1371 3 місяці тому +1

    Love his greenhouse!

  • @eviep7134
    @eviep7134 3 місяці тому

    Good for you young man that's amazing we need someone like you in this world thank you they are the most by far my favorite 😂 wow 230 they say you learn something new everyday I certainly did today. Thank you again young man 🙏💯❤️😉🌞😎

  • @Lisargarza
    @Lisargarza 4 місяці тому +1

    1. I am so jealous of that guy’s greenhouse and plants! 2. Why, for Pete’s sake, are people still harvesting endangered wild Venus flytraps when they are so easily cloned??? Can someone explain why poachers are still making money at this?

  • @antjaguar9
    @antjaguar9 2 роки тому +11

    I wish there were giant ones still around

    • @blackleague212
      @blackleague212 Рік тому

      why? all youre gonna do is try and smoke it up anyway, " Playa playa".

    • @antjaguar9
      @antjaguar9 Рік тому

      @@blackleague212 🤣🤣🤣

    • @YaBoiDREX
      @YaBoiDREX Рік тому

      They’re never were any bigger. They are only native to a small 75 mile radius area of North and South Carolina. They are a very rare endemic plant.

    • @antjaguar9
      @antjaguar9 Рік тому

      @@YaBoiDREX it was somewhere that I read saying that it was possible that gigantic venus fly traps existed near the end of the carboniferous period because of the existence of giant insects I'm not sure if it's true or not 🤷🏿‍♂️😅

    • @YaBoiDREX
      @YaBoiDREX Рік тому

      @@antjaguar9 There were carnivorous plants during that time. For sure but I haven’t heard of any Venus fly traps.

  • @alejandrovaldez2094
    @alejandrovaldez2094 2 місяці тому +1

    2.4 inches is actually big for carnivorous plants

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary Місяць тому

    To evaluate this “world’s largest of its species, viewers need to know that a “normal” Venus Flytrap is quite small, as garden plants go. A Flytrap with traps that are 6.1 cm. long (about 2.4 inches) is truly enormous. Traps in the neighborhood of 1 cm. (About 0.4 inches) are more typical for the species
    “Little Shop of Horrors,” by the way, is not a documentary. Carnivorous plants are real, but they are far too small to eat a person, or even a Chihuahua. And they don’t talk, or sing.

  • @chinimon8259
    @chinimon8259 4 місяці тому +2

    He never watched little shop of horrors 😂😂
    Just you wait....lol

  • @BigDukes4U
    @BigDukes4U 3 місяці тому

    This got the making of a Goosebumps episode

  • @nemesis9378
    @nemesis9378 4 місяці тому

    He is the type of guy that plays Pokemon with only grass-type team.

  • @helliumballoons7546
    @helliumballoons7546 10 місяців тому +1

    He has a wonderful sarracenia collection!

  • @davefletch3063
    @davefletch3063 4 місяці тому +1

    “ Feeeeed me Seymore”

  • @edward2448
    @edward2448 4 місяці тому +1

    Sorry, but I had the largest fly trap.....Then I divorced her 😆🤣

  • @bencjr
    @bencjr Рік тому +2

    awesome, hopefully someday a Venus flytrap with a foot long trap 🥰

    • @jonnaking3054
      @jonnaking3054 Рік тому +1

      I'm betting a trap that big would be very slow reacting. That would be a lot of weight to move.

  • @jonnaking3054
    @jonnaking3054 Рік тому +3

    I thought in the wild, the traps could get as big as a normal size human hand

    • @YaBoiDREX
      @YaBoiDREX Рік тому +1

      Nah they’re really small and have a very short life span

  • @heathernicholson3080
    @heathernicholson3080 Рік тому

    Well done. Keep going even bigger traps 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @altonative1566
    @altonative1566 4 місяці тому

    He's breeding his way toward the Audrey II. (The plant from the movie "Little Shop of Horrors")

  • @kelseywillow8110
    @kelseywillow8110 4 місяці тому

    Fascinating! And beautiful

  • @blazingstar9638
    @blazingstar9638 4 місяці тому

    Best parents! So cool

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 3 місяці тому

    6 cm? That’s a trap longer than 2 inches! That’s a big honkin’ flytrap!

  • @agoodpersonx
    @agoodpersonx 2 роки тому +2

    I was expecting something along the lines of that biting plant in plants vs zombies

  • @euclideszoto997
    @euclideszoto997 2 роки тому +2

    One day he's gonna walk in there and see a Triffid.

  • @soloman30
    @soloman30 4 місяці тому +1

    So that that mean he running a "traphouse"???

  • @dragonshadow1902
    @dragonshadow1902 4 місяці тому

    I just watched the movie Day of the triffids this morning on youtube. And now find out someone us breeding them.

  • @MunciMunci
    @MunciMunci 11 місяців тому

    This man will never have insects around his house

  • @evonne315
    @evonne315 4 місяці тому

    This must be what all the meat leaves are for!! Bravo!!

  • @JUD-DA-DUD
    @JUD-DA-DUD Рік тому

    It's so cool gotta love carnivorous plants

  • @evilsharkey8954
    @evilsharkey8954 3 місяці тому

    I can’t even keep the dang things alive for more than a few months.

  • @you2angel1
    @you2angel1 4 місяці тому

    F****** love Colorado
    When God gives you passion don't throw it away °~•.☆.•~°

  • @bwstephens3331
    @bwstephens3331 4 місяці тому +1

    Sooo cool❤

  • @crystalglass1358
    @crystalglass1358 4 місяці тому

    Feed me, Seymour!

  • @Steve-bw4oh
    @Steve-bw4oh 4 місяці тому +1

    Feed me Seymour!!

  • @ThatGworl2023
    @ThatGworl2023 4 місяці тому

    How are you feeding them?

  • @saint13k54
    @saint13k54 2 роки тому

    that’s so cool

  • @markandrade7547
    @markandrade7547 4 місяці тому +1

    Feed me Seymour.

  • @leeshaw6641
    @leeshaw6641 Рік тому +2

    feed me Seymour

  • @mase_mase
    @mase_mase 3 місяці тому

    Super villian origin story.

  • @freshprinceclt2368
    @freshprinceclt2368 2 роки тому +1

    I think she meant that Venus flytraps are creepy not the hobby.

  • @soyreeng8864
    @soyreeng8864 4 місяці тому +1

    I wonder if he's hand feeding them hamburger meat. Or does he have an insect farm in there for live feed.

  • @patrickmanasco5905
    @patrickmanasco5905 2 місяці тому

    way smaller than I expected

  • @dwaynekirby7774
    @dwaynekirby7774 Рік тому +1

    I want one

  • @comedianpottymouth
    @comedianpottymouth 10 місяців тому +1

    FEED ME 😂

  • @stephaniebach__12-24
    @stephaniebach__12-24 Рік тому +4

    Why would it be creepy? It’s interesting…. God designed so much creative stuff on this earth

  • @shaydesofblue2281
    @shaydesofblue2281 10 місяців тому

    Them leaves are huge😮

  • @raulbleedem
    @raulbleedem 11 місяців тому

    I love Venus fly traps

  • @starfighterkids1153
    @starfighterkids1153 2 роки тому +1

    Oh my hobby is titanic

  • @sasquatchdonut2674
    @sasquatchdonut2674 2 роки тому +1

    Proud to grow carnivorous plants 😃

  • @Kei-Kei
    @Kei-Kei 3 місяці тому

    I came for “feed me Seymour” comment but I didn’t see it.

  • @sromero6738
    @sromero6738 4 місяці тому

    Amazing i would love to be there.

  • @lizzieyann
    @lizzieyann 4 місяці тому

    Cute! 😊

  • @suliallen
    @suliallen Рік тому +2

    Feed me seymore

  • @JamesFenczik
    @JamesFenczik Рік тому

    'Alien' is a fitting name for the plants that only grow in the Carolina Bays; odd landforms most likely formed during the Younger Dryas Impacts..

  • @noahlee0
    @noahlee0 2 місяці тому

    "feed me seymour"

  • @jaguar4u2012
    @jaguar4u2012 Рік тому +2

    Mean Green Mothers!

  • @AntoineWilliams7118
    @AntoineWilliams7118 3 місяці тому

    This guy even grows weed that smokes you.

  • @cutiepiecatloveallanimals6602
    @cutiepiecatloveallanimals6602 3 місяці тому

    Dude in little shop of horrors grew bigger

  • @nicoletambasco9210
    @nicoletambasco9210 4 місяці тому

    Awe. No “Feed Me Seymour” plant?

  • @Themusicofnatuer
    @Themusicofnatuer 3 місяці тому

    Ooh very nice 😍😍😍😍

  • @stacyb.9335
    @stacyb.9335 3 місяці тому

    These are the little ones that Walmart sells.

  • @evilchaosboy
    @evilchaosboy Рік тому

    NEAT!! \m/

  • @dabberdan3200
    @dabberdan3200 4 місяці тому

    That’s interesting because I have dionacea dente that’s far bigger than his.

  • @Alsayid
    @Alsayid Місяць тому

    His plants look healthy as the dickens.

  • @streetsweeperdreamboat7656
    @streetsweeperdreamboat7656 2 роки тому

    ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ sᴇʀɪᴇs 😍😍😍😍

  • @Peanut5-
    @Peanut5- Рік тому +1

    Imagine 10 INCHES, rabbits frogs and hands would get demolished

    • @jonnaking3054
      @jonnaking3054 Рік тому +1

      sadly it's not like Little Shop of Horrors, Venus Flytraps are pretty delicate plants, a rodent or anything could easily tear it's way out

    • @Albie_yt
      @Albie_yt Рік тому

      they can eat small frogs already

  • @jerrycastaldo8688
    @jerrycastaldo8688 3 місяці тому

    Maybe the plants name should be Audrey III.

  • @meeknuggets4860
    @meeknuggets4860 2 роки тому

    6 cm trap. holy cow.

  • @mrsmall9917
    @mrsmall9917 2 роки тому +3

    Wow i hope i can get a venue flytrap in my home, that would be good since there's alot of insects in my home

    • @sasquatchdonut2674
      @sasquatchdonut2674 2 роки тому +3

      They do better outside. Putting them in the house is a common mistake that leads to their downfall. The plants are actually from the Carolinas so they can live outside in pretty extreme weather

    • @inco-gneito7543
      @inco-gneito7543 2 роки тому

      If you have a lot of bugs you need a sarracenia or a nepenthes. Flytraps catch the least bugs ever.

  • @briangibson7480
    @briangibson7480 3 місяці тому

    What does he feed them?

  • @weirdnomad8868
    @weirdnomad8868 4 місяці тому

    That was underwhelming. I was expecting like a plant shop of horrors type plant...

  • @seeharvester
    @seeharvester 4 місяці тому

    I wonder which greenhouse grows the weed?

  • @PayGorn362
    @PayGorn362 11 місяців тому

    Bro is Crazy Dave from PvZ

  • @ashleybanks-wm4cg
    @ashleybanks-wm4cg 3 місяці тому

    Can I roll up that Venus Flytrap? Isn't it legalized in Colorado?

  • @Al-Hollandi
    @Al-Hollandi Рік тому

    I only dont like to see a vinger going in the plant, it cost him energy without getting a meal

  • @keithmartland6463
    @keithmartland6463 9 днів тому

    Funny when i say i grow Carnivorous plants, i always get strange looks, as if i am some kind of serial killer?

  • @shianemi7595
    @shianemi7595 20 днів тому

    i guess im retarded or sum cuz i was expecting like something that could fit a possum 😭

  • @2manysidehoes85
    @2manysidehoes85 4 місяці тому

    shes right, its creepy!