These guys sure love the sun!
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Why they call it "Red Dragon" (Dial-up warning)
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These guys sure love the sun!
Mostly (other than watering) I just ignore them. The rest is taken care of by Mama Nature. 
joossa, I think it's about 4-5 years old. Not sure how old it was when I bought it. It was one of the very first CPs I ever bought and I nearly killed it. In one 8 inch bowl I had d. spatulata, this VFT, a pitcher plant and p. primulaflora. I put them all in my bathroom that only has a skylight. Luckily I realized my mistake and started my roof garden. I still have every one of those plants (or the offspring).
joossa, I think it's about 4-5 years old. Not sure how old it was when I bought it. It was one of the very first CPs I ever bought and I nearly killed it. In one 8 inch bowl I had d. spatulata, this VFT, a pitcher plant and p. primulaflora. I put them all in my bathroom that only has a skylight. Luckily I realized my mistake and started my roof garden. I still have every one of those plants (or the offspring).
Ah, always great to hear about plants making a good recovery! I'm sure they're loving it outside now.
Great looking VFT by the way.
Thanks! They really are loving it. I just looked outside and noticed my D. nitidula x puchella are blooming. Up till now I've only seen one or two bloom at a time this season.
That is one of the darkest ones I've seen, especially the interior of the trap.
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Now that is just beautiful! How many hours of sunlight would you say it gets?
Luff-er-lee! I have to add some reds to my collection.
During the summer it gets about 6 hours of direct (coastal) sun and gets very bright indirect light the rest of the day. It's just colored up like this in the lat month. Previously you could still see some green here and there.
I think I killed mine,
It had traps just like
that but now it has no
laef and the stubs of
the leafs are dying
The rest from hawaii
is growing
Even my scorpoides
are barerooting .
If I'm feeling adventurous enough next year I'll try and propagate this one. I've never tried propagating a VFT yet, but this plant seems like an excellent candidate.
TC always seemed like more hassle than it was worth to me. I've always read that it can be very tricky to deflask. Leaf pulling just seemed so much easier.
'datsa niiiiiicce...............
Real 'purrty red-dragon Mr. Crow.
kinda reminds me of my tiny Pink Venus, colors are very close.
Good photography too.
Thanks Fryster! Photography is my other hobby.
Those are nice looking! I may have to pick up that variety. All I have right now are typicals and Akai Ryu / Red Dragon.