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Venus Flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula) Akai Ryu in a 3.5" pot

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula) Akai Ryu in a 3.5" pot

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Bring a touch of the exotic to your home with a Venus Flytrap! This captivating carnivorous plant potted in a convenient 3.5" planter is perfect for curious gardeners.

The Akai Ryu variant is also known as Red Dragon and features a very long, dark red petiole (the section between the rhizome and trap). The traps are typically dark red or purple with hints of green.

Easy to care for, Venus Flytraps thrive in bright direct sunlight and moist soil (you can leave them in a plant tray with around an inch of water). They don't need to be fed – they naturally attract and devour spiders, flies, and other small insects.

During the winter, the traps will die back and typically the rhizome will be all that remains. When the warmer weather and longer days start, the traps will begin again and you may even notice that you have additional traps sprouting after dormancy or flowering.

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Care Instructions

Light

Venus Flytraps love full sun and will generally not do well long-term indoors without an additional grow light. At minimum we recommend 6 hours of sunlight a day. To grow indoors we highly recommend this guide.

Water

  • Must be constantly wet (sitting in a tray of water – 1-inch or so is good).
  • Only use distilled, rain, or reverse osmosis water. Do not use purified water. Any water with > 50 PPM TDS will kill your plant over time. Filtered water is often not filtered enough for these plants.

Temperature

These plants do very well outdoors with warmer weather and are native to the Carolina’s. They also will enter a dormancy period where much of the plant will die back or slow in growth in the winter. These can stay outside during a freeze or cold weather. Humidity should be 50%+.

Fertilizer

Fertilizer isn't required, but can help with growth and developing larger traps. Fertilize in the evening every 2 weeks with ¼ teaspoon of MaxSea 16-16-16 mixed with 1-gallon of water. Spray the leaves. As for food, they get their food from live food sources and need movement or stimulation in each of the traps to actually begin the process of digestion. You can feed live bugs, but generally they will catch what they attract.