r/VenusFlyTraps

This is probably the coolest trap I've seen from my 'flaming lips' plant so I propagated that leaf, the plant that grows should look like this right?

I bought this flytrap on a whim from Whole Foods because I felt bad for it. I did some research and I understand that it’s really lacking in sun and I’m pretty sure it’s dehydrated. It’s entering the colder months where I am right now but I’m not even sure if a plant in such bad shape can go dormant? If anyone knows whether or not this is salvageable please let me know!

I bought two VFTs from Home Depot, brought them home and promptly did everything I could to kill them (unintentionally). I had them in bad soil and fed with bad water for about 24 hours. When I learned what I'd done wrong, I ordered proper soil and water and started watching care vids on YouTube (yeah, that should have been step one...). Curious to see what the difference would be, I went back to Home Depot and picked up two more.

Cleared of their death cubes, I removed the soil and mesh bag from the roots, leaving only the rhizome exposed. And suddenly my four VFTs were now eight! I put them all in proper carnivorous plant soil and placed the planters in shallow watering dishes. All the VFTs are under strong, full-spectrum, LED grow lights. I've moved one plant outside in the sun, just to see how it does. I'll bring it back inside at sunset. (brought it back inside and will leave it under its grow light)

I have so many questions.

Should I direct water the plants or only add water to the dish they're sitting in? If direct water, I assume I should only spray the center, not the traps themselves.

Should I remove traps that have turned black? Obviously, if the entire stem of the trap is also black and dried, I prune those.

Why are some mouths green and some red?

These photos were all taken this morning, 48-72 hours from purchase.

I'm growing in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thank you all very much for your time, comments, and recommendations.

(that plant TOLD me it's name was stanley, that was not my idea!)

My VFT doesn’t look good to me but this is also my first time caring for one so this might be normal. VFT is in plastic container under full sun every day, outer container has reverse osmosis water. I got it from traders joe and transferred it to a 50/50 perlite/peat moss mix. What can I do to help it survive? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

What a great cultivar! Super snappy and a VERY vigorous grower. Colors up great as well.

To my surprise in thinking these were totally lacking trigger hairs, the last photo here shows the only 1 of the 13 traps currently open on my 2 plants of this type with just 2 trigger hairs, 1 per side of the trap. Super cool. I haven't tried to feed it yet, so we'll see if it's functional lol. Shout out to Phamcliff for these awesome plants! Received super healthy, and the roots/rhizome were squeaky clean and ready to plant.

I just picked up a new Venus flytrap the other day, and I'm very excited about it. I've been doing lots of research on how to properly care for them, but I can't really ask an article how my plant is looking. I've been keeping it well watered with demineralised water and am trying to get it at least six hours of direct sun a day. It's living outside in a small greenhouse that I got for it. Any advice or pointers?