Sunday, July 11, 2010
Meet Phil
Phil is my Venus Flytrap. I bought him right after I got out to Colorado. I've always wanted one, and there are lots of flies in the cabin during the summer. Well, Venus Flytraps are supposed to live in humid environments, which the mountains of Colorado are notably not. When I first bought him, I fed him a fly and a couple other small insects. After a week, or so, Phil started to turn brown, a couple of his heads died, and the ones that I had fed opened up and released their food. I thought he was done for, but kept watering him just in case. About a week ago, one of the heads that had opened earlier, closed back around the fly I had fed it. The rest of the plant seemed to be getting greener and looked healthy again. So, it seems Phil is making a comeback. Now, the problem is that I won't be able to take care of him while I'm gone. I'll have to try and get him on the plane to take back to Kentucky. Think I'll be able to get him through airport security?
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You need to put his bowl in a larger bowl and fill the larger bowl with water, preferably distilled or spring water, up to 3 inches below the soil level. Of course, you also need a hole on the bottom of the inner bowl. Try to simulate a swamp. Putting something clear over the whole thing will raise the humidity, but you can't put it in direct sunlight or it will cook.
ReplyDeleteWhen did you become such an expert on venus flytraps? I'll give that all a try when I get back to Kentucky. I think it's doing better now because I moved it o the kitchen. I had him by the picture window before, and I think that was too much sunlight.
ReplyDeleteI am also growing venus flytraps, except I am growing them from seeds. I couldn't get the first batch to grow, so I read up on them.
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