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[dwrf frog]

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[SubRosa]

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You can definitely grow Venus FlyTraps outdoors year round. You'd want to mulch for winter protection, but you're a zone warmer than I am.

 

[SubRosa]

Looks like I've got it figured out. First one is D. spatulata, as determined by leaf shape and color of bloom. Second one is D. capensis. Here's a pic of the spatulata in bloom:

 

[PaulJ69]

I should have seen this thread sooner. Yup you are correct, D. spatulata and D. capensis.
We have a whole thread dedicated to carnivorous plants.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?239523-CP-terrarium-thread-continued

 

[jpappy789]

Very nice specimens Sub! Can't say I'm all that surprised they survived the winter, despite being subtropicals...both are pretty death-proof IME.

That being said you'd get some really good year round growth bringing them in for the winter. Probably wouldn't need more than a warm windowsill with some decent sunlight. JMO.

 

[SubRosa]

Very nice specimens Sub! Can't say I'm all that surprised they survived the winter, despite being subtropicals...both are pretty death-proof IME.

That being said you'd get some really good year round growth bringing them in for the winter. Probably wouldn't need more than a warm windowsill with some decent sunlight. JMO.

I intend to, but I made the purchases without doing all of the research. I'm going to put a small LED light in my kitchen to keep the non hardy ones through the winter.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Very cool stuff! I never gave it much thought into growing them all year outside but I might have to look into that.

 

[SubRosa]

Finally got some native Sundews! I was collecting fish down in the Pine Barrens of NJ a few weeks ago and found D. filiformis and D. intermedia. No luck on D. rotundifolia, but I'm sure it's there when I can spare the time again! Here's a pic of the filiformis now that it's starting to regrow after transplanting. The intermedia actually has a single little leaf starting as well but I can't get a clear pic. Next week maybe!

 

[PaulJ69]

Very cool! Do you have coordinates or general location where you found them? I've been meaning to go out to the pine barrens and do some CP hunting. I live in Burlington County so they are pretty close to me. Just be careful of what you take. Many of the CP community frowns on "poaching".

 

[SubRosa]

They were locally abundant where I found them. What would probably interest poachers would be the Pitchers I saw at another site, or the patch of literally THOUSANDS of Eriocaulon parkeri at another!