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Venus Fly Trap

Description:

Little venus flytraps. They feed three times and them die. You can mimic the movement of an insect by rubbing your pinky finger inside its mouth and it will close! Note the closed one in the picture.

Habitat:

This one lives in a greenhouse

1 Species ID Suggestions

DanielRowson
DanielRowson 10 years ago
Venus flytrap
Dionaea muscipula Venus flytrap


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1 Comment

Daniel Rowson
Daniel Rowson 10 years ago

Hi Idol_fan - the scientific name for this plant is Dionaea muscipula. You also have two Drosera species growing in that pot too - probably Drosera rotundifolia. Happy growing :)

Idol_fan
Spotted by
Idol_fan

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Dec 6, 2012
Submitted on Dec 6, 2012

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