Venus Fly Trap Light Needs

I ve been keeping my venus fly trap bought at wal mart about a month ago in an indoor terrarium covered with seran wrap poked with holes and misting them with distilled water every few days trying to keep in humidity.

Venus fly trap light needs.

I was going to rush out and buy one seriously but then i got to the bit explaining all of the things you have to do to keep them healthy that s not for me i can t even. Sonny on september 19 2019. Always provide bright light for you plant. So far i am doing great this helped me a lot thank you.

Zones 7 8 thanks mike. When the plant is healthy and has enough light. If you live in the south united states direct sun all day is not advised as it may burn the plants. The flytrap catches insects and breaks down their bodies to meet its nutrition needs.

Use four 40 watt 3 000 k fluorescent bulbs in the plant. Know a bit about venus fly traps before you buy one. These cool carnivorous plants are made up of two parts a stem or body of the plant that allows it to photosynthesize like a normal plant and the lamina or leaf blade that helps it to catch its prey. It is possible to grow venus flytraps under lights during the summer and then move them elsewhere for dormancy.

Venus flytraps require an annual dormancy period. Light requirements for venus fly traps. They grow naturally in north and south carolina. The leaf blade is the head that everyone will recognize it looks like a green clam shell with some wicked long teeth.

Venus fly traps are definitely the coolest plants they appeal to my dark side i was watching shop of little horrors yesterday and nearly wrote a hub on them myself. The fly trap needs lots of bright light for as many hours per day as possible. Thank your for your blog it s the perfect resource. Venus fly traps are sun lovers.

Venus fly trap goes through a period of dormancy beginning in fall when sunlight levels decrease. Racherbel on august 11 2019. The simple answer to how much light you should be giving your venus fly trap is as much as you can. It will lose its leaves and appear to die but it actually lives on underground through its rhizomes this is normal and you should not try to make up for the reduction of daylight hours by giving the plant artificial light.

Hey thanks for helping me but what u said dose it mean all types of venus fly traps cuz i have a red venus fly trap and the outside hairs not the six inside but my fly trap has little teeth not outside hairs plz could u tell me. Place the fluorescent light fixture above the venus flytrap and adjust the height of the light fixture to 12 inches above the plant. I live in a zone 8b area central texas. The plant produces a bloom stalk with flowers above the traps.