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  "Coastal Carnivores" Carnivorous Plants: Cultivation Tips: Dionaea
Dionaea muscipulaor, as it is popularly known, the venus flytrap (vft) is probably the best known carnivorous plant in cultivation, with millions being propagated in tissue culture and sold on the mass market every year.
Unkown to most people, the native habitat of the venus flytrap is in a small area of North Carolina, where it inhabits boggy areas that can often become flooded in the spring, and relatively dry in the summer.
There is only one species, Dionaea muscipulaalthough there are several different cultivated varieties (cultivars), such as 'Akai Ryu' (all red), 'Clamshell' (no cilia), and 'All green' (no red pigment inside the traps).
www.geocities.com /cteichreb/dionaea.html   (1282 words)

  
 Dionaea muscipula - Venus's-Flytrap - Droseraceae
Dionaea muscipula, or Venus's Flytrap, is a low growing perennial herb native to coastal bogs of North and South Carolina.
Culture: Dionaea muscipula need full sun to partial shade to high indirect lighting and a humid atmosphere with a moist to wet soil.
Dionaea muscipula was featured as Plant of the Week March 19-25, 2004.
www.plantoftheweek.org /week252.shtml   (418 words)

  
 Venus Flytrap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey (mostly insects and arachnids).
The trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves.
"On the mechanism of closure of Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis)".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Venus_Flytrap   (1546 words)

  
 ICPS Seed Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Dionaea muscipula is found naturally in the coastal plain of south eastern North Carolina and north eastern South Carolina.
The main requirements for growing Dionaea muscipula are (1) the plant needs lots of light.
Sow seeds of Dionaea muscipula on the surface of your medium of choice.
www.carnivorousplants.org /seedbank/species/Dionaea.htm   (648 words)

  
 Venus flytraps
A study published in the Journal of Experimental Botany found that Dionaea muscipula gets as much as 75 percent of its nitrogen from the capture of insects.
Dionaea muscipula must grow traps big enough to capture large insects before they can flower and produce seeds.
The fires suppressed grasses and shrubs with which Dionaea muscipula is poorly equipped to compete.
www.claudewrankin.com /flowers/venusflytraps.shtml   (376 words)

  
 Essay: The Effect of Temperature on the Speed of Response of Dionaea muscipula - Coursework.Info
The Effect of Temperature on the Speed of Response of Dionaea muscipula AIM: The aim of this experiment is to establish whether a relationship between temperature and response times of Venus Flytraps exists.
However, upon investigation, it was discovered that the Venus Flytrap would be better suited to doing studies on response times as the nastic plants required were not available in Queensland.
Dionaea muscipula, common name Venus Flytraps, were placed in various temperatures and artificially stimulated, through the use of human hair, to respond.
www.coursework.info /A2_and_A-Level/Biology/Human_Biology/The_Effect_of_Temperature_on_the_Speed_of_Response_of_L12813.html   (321 words)

  
 International Carnivous Plant Society
Instead of being long and filiform (as is usual), the spines of [Dionaea ' Dentate Traps ' {B.Meyers-Rice}] are short and triangular.
Green margins and red inner surfaces of the trap are characteristics common to both [Dionaea ' Royal Red ' {AUPBR 464}] and the normal form of [Dionaea muscipula {Soland.
[Dionaea ' Sawtooth ' {B.Meyers-Rice}] is a remarkable plant in the Dionaea Dentate Traps Group {B.Meyers-Rice}.
www.carnivorousplants.org /cultivars/diocult.html   (890 words)

  
 Dionaea muscipula (Venus Fly Trap) for sale! Carnivorous plants micropropagation laboratory.
In nature Dionaea is found in grasslands growing under short-stalked sedge and in scattered marshlands.
Dionaea reduces vegetative growth and changes the shape of its leaves during the winter.
These vary in overall coloration (all red-purple, yellow-orange and all green forms), various types of forms (only winter form, only summer form), the shape of the rosette of leaves (robust and dwarfish forms, etc.), the coloration of the traps (different red colorations), and the shape of the marginal spines (short, long, and so forth).
bestcarnivorousplants.com /dionaea   (1146 words)

  
 PDN -- Dionaea muscipula 'Akai Ryu'
This spectacular and vigorous 1997 introduction from the Atlanta Botanical Garden is the result of years of line-breeding by carnivorous plant guru Ron Gagliardo.
Dionaea 'Akai Ryu', which means "red dragon", has bright red stems ending in carmine-red traps.
This is truly a stunning conversation piece for both the container as well as in-ground bog garden.
www.plantdelights.com /Catalog/Current/Detail/04107.html   (102 words)

  
 Carnivorous Plant Database
The tips of the teeth on this peculiar plant are often are multiply divided, revealing the fused nature of the teeth.
In normal specimens of [Dionaea {L.}], this region of the leaf lobe margins lacks spines.
But in [Dionaea ' Louchapates ' {R.Anfraix}], marginal teeth are present on both lobes, all the way to the midpoint of the two lobe margins.
www.omnisterra.com /bot/cp_home.cgi?name=dionaea&search=all   (1803 words)

  
 Venus flytrap - Dionaea muscipula, BSA's Carnivorous plants pages
The steel trap of Dionaea is hardly as powerful as the ones set by trappers for wolves, beavers or bears, but it is just as effective at catching its own small prey.
That is, there must be a sudden change in the water pressure in the cells – the cells of the bottom part of the midrib, that is. Now we know that it is not nearly so simple, nor is our old explanation valid, although the lower midrib cells do indeed take in more water.
Roberts, P. and Oosting, H. Responses of Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) to factors involved in its endemism.
www.botany.org /Carnivorous_Plants/venus_flytrap.php   (1752 words)

  
 Venus' Flytrap Photos
Dionaea muscipula is the latin name for Venus' Flytrap.
This bizzare plant is one of the first that comes to mind when one thinks of insect eating plants.
Flytraps can be hand fed flies, but if you grow them outdoors, they do a good job catching food on their own.
www.geocities.com /lacps/flytrapphotos.html   (158 words)

  
 World of Carnivores - Carnivorous Plants - Dionaea Muscipula Care - Venus Flytrap Care - Water - Soil - Humidity - ...
This is one of the main reasons people kill Dionaea.
All Dionaea require 3 - 4 months of winter dormancy, triggered by temperatures below 40º F, though Venus Flytraps can tolerate temperatures to -10º F for short periods and even colder if winterized.
If the "all red" versions of Dionaea are getting enough light they will be red.
www.world-of-carnivores.com /dionaeacare.html   (1174 words)

  
 Dionaea muscipula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In spring 2000, the bog in the background was constructed and planted with Dionaea, Drosera, Sarracenia, Pinguicula, and Darlingtonia.
I then constructed the bog in the foreground and transplanted the Dionaea, Drosera, and Pinguicula into the new bog.
The Dionaea take up about half of the new bog with over 100 plants that are either seedlings or divisions of three VFT plants that I purchased in Berkeley in 1955.
www.humboldt.edu /~rrz7001/zphotos/VFTtypical.html   (154 words)

  
 The Venus Flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula)
Dionaea muscipula is a perennial herbaceous carnivore from the North and South Carolinian coastal plain.
A mature plant consists of a rosette of leaves from four to eight inches in diameter springing from a short rhizome, or underground stem, with roots a few inches long.
Dionaea's insectivorous habit compensates for the poor soil of the sandy bogs that constitute its habitat.
www.huntington.org /BotanicalDiv/IEA/venus.html   (1621 words)

  
 Dionaea Muscipula - Venus Flytrap - Tissue Culture Techniques & Media
Dionaea Muscipula - Venus Flytrap - Tissue Culture Techniques & Media
All Dionaea muscipula, Venus Flytrap, work with the same Tissue Culture techniques & media.
The above works more often than not but soaking in a 2% PPM solution for 10 minutes just before placing in media will help.
www.world-of-carnivores.com /tcdionaea.html   (141 words)

  
 The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: Dionaea
Dionaea muscipula is the famous Venus Flytrap, and it is the only species in its genus.
In addition to Dionaea 'Dentate Traps', other cultivars of Dionaea include Dionaea 'Red Dragon' (an all-red form), Dionaea 'Sawtooth' (with weird marginal spines), and Dionaea 'Red Piranha' (an all-red form of the dentate trapped mutation).
Fastidious observance of protocol is only required when you are using the plant's Latin name, Dionaea muscipula.
www.sarracenia.com /faq/faq5200.html   (421 words)

  
 The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: VFT types
That means there is only one species of Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula).
Although this plant looks normal in the spring, later in the season it produces grotequely malformed leaves where the spines are irregularly merged.
Often sold as Dionaea 'Red Dragon', the trap margins are green even under intense light.
www.sarracenia.com /faq/faq2680.html   (470 words)

  
 Dionaea Muscipula
Dionaea Muscipula is the scientific name for the Venus fly-trap plant.
Each serving (20 drops) contains a proprietary blend of Dionaea muscipula 32 mg.
NHC sells 32 ml bottles of Dionaea Muscipula for $39.95.
www.naturalhealthconsult.com /Monographs/DionaeaMuscipula.html   (162 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Venus's-flytrap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
VENUS'S-FLYTRAP [Venus's-flytrap] insectivorous or carnivorous bog plant (Dionaea muscipula) native to the Carolina savannas and now widely cultivated as a novelty.
The leaves, borne in a low rosette, resemble bear traps.
More information is at your fingertips at HighBeam Research:
www.encyclopedia.com /html/v/venusfly.asp   (267 words)

  
 Carnivorous Plants UK :: View topic - Sri Lanka Auction 39 - Ends Jan 20 - Dionaea muscipula G16.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Carnivorous Plants UK :: View topic - Sri Lanka Auction 39 - Ends Jan 20 - Dionaea muscipula G16.
Sri Lanka Auction 39 - Ends Jan 20 - Dionaea muscipula G16.
Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: Sri Lanka Auction 39 - Ends Jan 20 - Dionaea muscipula G16.
www.cpukforum.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=7827   (342 words)

  
 Care, cultivation and growing requirements of Venus Flytrap plants, Dionaea muscipula
Care, cultivation and growing requirements of Venus Flytrap plants, Dionaea muscipula
The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) is the most well known species of carnivorous plants.
These insectivorous plants lure their prey using a sweet smelling nectar.
www.thegardenhelper.com /flytrap.html   (590 words)

  
 Venus' Flytrap, Venus Flytrap, Venus's Flytrap, or Dionaea muscipula
Venus' Flytrap, Venus Flytrap, Venus's Flytrap, or Dionaea muscipula
While there are many ways to spell "Venus's", we have now, after much study, chosen to drop the extra "s" for simplicity.
There are many selected forms of Dionaea, many with unusual trap shapes.
www.pitcherplant.com /flytrap.html   (199 words)

  
 Booman Floral - Carnivorous Plant - Venus Flytrap Information (Dionaea muscipula)
Don't look for the Venus Flytrap in the tropical jungles of Africa or South America.
In Latin MUSCIPULA means mousetrap and refers to its manner of action.
Grown from seed, they usually take about four to five years to reach maturity and can live from two to three decades.
www.boomanfloral.com /info_venusfltyrap.htm   (561 words)

  
 Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula (Nephenthales: Droseraceae) @ Invasive.org
Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula (Nephenthales: Droseraceae) @ Invasive.org
Magnoliopsida > Nephenthales > Droseraceae > Dionaea muscipula Ellis
Invasive.org is a joint project of The Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ.
www.invasive.org /browse/subimages.cfm?SUB=2651   (69 words)

  
 Venus' Flytrap - Pictures
Unknown form of tissue-cultured Dionaea muscipula ('Dentate'?) from Yardbirds:
Batch of Dionaea muscipula "Typical" and 'Dente' recently divided from two pots:
All pictures taken by Thomas Smith, ©2003-2004, with the exception of main CP section button.
www.iscweb.com /personal/dunno/Ts/CPs/DionaeaPictures.html   (73 words)

  
 PDN -- Dionaea muscipula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Myrtlehead Savanna, NC Dionaea muscipula (Venus Fly Trap)
The trigger-happy fly traps form on the ends of the leaves throughout the growing season...stalks of white flowers are also produced in the summer.
This page last updated on Thu Nov 17 16:15:24 EST 2005.
www.plantdelights.com /Catalog/Fall/Detail/01272.html   (71 words)

  
 Carnivorous Plant Database
N: $[Dionaea ' Clayton's Red Sunset ' {C.Clayton}]
Etymology: the partially closed traps look like a shark's jaws
"[Dionaea ' Kinchyaku ' {K.Kondo}] (=means purse), which has imperfect trap closure but somewhat quite similar to [Drosera {L.}] trap movement, was produced by Katsuhiko Kondo using a gene engineering in vitro condition in 1999 and is now under mass propagation."
www.omnisterra.com /botany/cp/pictures/dionaea/cindex.htm   (994 words)

  
 PlantFiles: Detailed information on Venus Flytrap 'Red Dragon' (Dionaea muscipula)
PlantFiles: Detailed information on Venus Flytrap 'Red Dragon' (Dionaea muscipula)
Jul 9, 5:16 PM Detailed information on Venus Flytrap 'Red Dragon' (Dionaea muscipula)
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