Fly Nightmare - VFT with 11 Flowers

[WildBill]

I thought some of you folks would enjoy seeing this. For those of you counting, some of the flowers are obscured, so you have to count the stalks. It's in a 10 inch pot.

Several years ago I got a small plant from Philcula and it's done really well as you can see. It's Phil's own cross, "Red Rosette Giant" x "Burgundy Trap Giant Upright"

 

[Jefforever]

Nice plants. Don't look too burgundy or red, but still really nice!

 

[Overmind1632]

WOW thats a huge plant with a crazy amount of flower stalks

 

[joossa]

Nice plant(s)! I have my D. filiformis in the same type of pot!

 

[Ridetsu]

its my dream to have a pot that looks just like that! i'd love a pot of aiki Ryu most of all.. purrr!

yours is looking great though, very beautiful. How do you maintain it?

 

[bonsaibuddha]

Dang that is awsome... Cant wait till mine gets that big

 

[vft guy in SJ]

Phil has some of the most awesome plants in existence. I have a lot of flytraps from him (I tend to collect his throw-aways lol) and they always seem to be among the healthiest and largest in my collection.

Beautiful and very healthy plant you got there Bill.. you have done a fantastic job with it. Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Steve

 

[WildBill]

Hey Ridetsu -

I hope your VFT dream comes true.

One of the main things I've found is using a deep pot. The roots of some the VFT bulbs are 5 to 6 inches long and appreciate the room. Also I noticed that they grow a bit faster and multiply easier when there is chopped up Long Fiber Sphagnum in the sand/peat mix.

I'm in Zone 5, Connecticut. This plant gets an outdoor dormancy from November to around March buried beneath pine needles, burlap, and a foot or so of mulch, pineboughs and eventually snow.

 

[duckking]

wow~ that's really fly nightmare
Great flytrap!!