Venus Flytrap Carnivorous Plant 3 Inch Pot

by 9GreenBox

Product Features

• Carnivorous
• Distilled or Rain Water Only
• Keep Moist at all Times
• Nature provides this remarkable plant with "traps" to lure and capture it's food
• Large Venus Fly Trap growing in a 3" pot, similar to the pictures

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000TRFGGM
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,325 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)

Product Description

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: Carnivorous plants have the most bizarre adaptations to low-nutrient environments. These plants obtain some nutrients by trapping and digesting various invertebrates. Because insects are one of the most common prey items for most carnivorous plants, they are sometimes called insectivorous plants. It is not surprising that the most common habitat for these plants is in bogs and fens, where nutrient concentrations are low but water and sunshine seasonally abundant. As many as thirteen species of carnivorous plants have been found in a single bog (Folkerts, 1982). Most plants absorb nitrogen from the soil through their roots. But carnivorous plants absorb nitrogen from their animal prey through their leaves specially modified as traps.

Nature provides this remarkable plant with "traps" to lure and capture it's food. The traps are covered inside by tiny hairs and a sticky sweet smelling substance attractive to insects. When an insect touches the trigger hair, the trap is activated and closes around it's victim. After digestion of it's meal (whick takes several days), the trap will open again for a new catch.

PLANTING AND CARE:
Keep moist at all times, rainwater or distilled water are preferred. Plants should not be fertilized (so therefore should be separated from your other plants). The insects it catches provide natural nourishment. Select a sunny window for your Venus Flytrap. In replanting only use sphagnum! Peat moss will do in a pinch. Put a plastic saucer underneath the plant to hold water and keep it's humidity proper but do not stand in a dish of water.

You will receive:
Large Venus Fly Trap growing in a 3" pot, similar to the pictures. They are smaller in the winter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could not be happier!, June 11, 2009

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D. Heaton (Mustang, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venus Flytrap Carnivorous Plant 3 Inch Pot (Kitchen)

I ordered this and several other plants from this seller.

I was quite suprised to find that the plant was much larger than I expected (with a full six heads on it!) and well packed. Every plant I got in this shipment is thriving and happy. It has been two weeks now and nothing has failed to thrive. This is more than I can say about others that I have bought from!

I will be buying from this company again.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Item arrived damaged, September 10, 2009

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RMG (Gilbert, Arizona) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Venus Flytrap Carnivorous Plant 3 Inch Pot (Kitchen)

I just received the plant. I paid extra for a quick delivery to secure the plant's condition. It arrived on time, however it arrived wrapped only in moist news paper,without any protection for the plant. The plant is completely smashed. This was, for me, a complete waste of my time and money. I paid more for shipping than for the item itself and it didn't do a bit of good. Very disappointing.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Little Venus Fly Trap, July 27, 2008

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Magdalene M. Cauthorn "Meqa" (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venus Flytrap Carnivorous Plant 3 Inch Pot (Kitchen)

I got this from my mother and love it! Named him Harold and though I don't have any flies to give him, he is growing well. You have to be diligent and make sure your trim any heads that start to turn black, and not let the plant dry out, but isn't that much work. I can't wait to get a bell jar for him and keep him in my windowsill.