How the Venus Fly Trap Grows!

The flowering cycle of a Venus Fly Trap follows the 4 seasons with variant types of flowering in each. In spring, as the Venus Fly Trap arise from dormancy, the Venus fly trap will produce a rosette of short leaves that hug the surface of the ground with a trap at each tip. The Venus fly trap is usually not too large at this point, perhaps 2”-4” across. It is also at this time that a tall spike bearing several white flowers will appear.

As summer sets in a variant type of leaf is made. Now, instead of hugging the ground, taller, more upright leaves begin to grow holding the traps several inches above the soil. The traps also change in appearance, being larger overall and having a semi-circular 'notch' in the back. New leaves with traps are constantly being made to replace the older, dying ones.

Once the days begin to slow down and the temperature starts to drop in fall, a smaller, flat rosette is made once again, it is very alike to that of the spring flowering. The Fly Traps now gets ready for dormancy.

In winter, the Venus Fly Trap are semi evergreen and will retain few to several leaves depending on how cold it gets. The leaves are quite tolerant of frosts but extended cold will eventually cause them to die back. Underground, the Venus fly trap is still quite alive. A scaly bulb, alike to a tiny lily, is resting and building up strength to begin growing even larger the following spring. This cycle then repeats again

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