VFT flowered... now what??

9 years ago

Sooooo I'm new to growing Venus fly traps. I've been successful with this one. Till now.

I unfortunately only only stumbled upon a post recently saying that the flower stalk needs to be chopped off as soon as it appears. Alas - mine grew to almost flowering before I knew to cut it off.

Prior to that there were a nunber number of traps which had started going black (from eating? Some didn't reopen once they had eaten a fly).

So now im sitting with a VFT with no traps and the cut flower stalk. Is there any hope of this plant surviving?

it only gets distilled water. It's in the recommended peat moss with the silicas for airation. We are in South Africa and the temperatures are around 32 degrees centigrade during the day.

Please help?

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tommyr_gw Zone 6
9 years ago
We need a photo. It doesn't sound good to me though. It's o.k. to let them flower IF the plant is healthy. How do you care for it? Is it in full Sun in a shallow water try?
Samantha Jansen
Original Author
9 years ago
The plant was super healthy. Started deteriorating when the flowering started happening. It's in full sunlight all day (albeit thru a window), but gets direct sun from about 9am to 4pm. It's sitting in shallow distilled water. Have attached a pic I just took now.
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tommyr_gw Zone 6
9 years ago
Looks really bad. I'd throw it out and get another. These are also not houseplants, Sunlight through a window is not as strong as outside. When you get a new one acclimate it slowly to full Sun and keep it in the shallow water tray.
Samantha Jansen
Original Author
9 years ago
That makes me sad It was outside. But we had severe winds in August and September so I brought it indoors and it seemed to really be flourishing. At one point it had 8 traps on it and new ones shooting all the time. Are you sure there is no hope for this guy?
tommyr_gw Zone 6
9 years ago
I'm pretty sure. It looks very bad. Sorry.