Venus Flytrap Live Plant ‘Sam Flytrap’ with Large Dark Red Traps for Sunny Indoor or Outdoor Growing
Venus fly trap live plant ‘Sam Flytrap’ brings a distinctive carnivorous plant display to a sunny windowsill, greenhouse, or outdoor growing area. This cultivar develops large, upright, dark red traps on long, thin petioles during strong summer growth, while younger plants may begin with smaller greener traps.
Venus flytraps may enter dormancy from autumn into winter, with fewer or no visible traps while the rhizome remains intact. Provide intense light, mineral-free water, and the seasonal temperature changes these warm-temperate bog plants require.
Keep the pot in a saucer with distilled, rain, or reverse-osmosis water and never allow the growing medium to dry completely. Use a fertilizer-free peat and perlite growing mix, avoid unnecessary repotting during spring and summer, and plan winter dormancy according to local conditions.
Features
- ‘Sam Flytrap’ cultivar of Dionaea
- Large upright dark red summer traps
- Full sun or strong grow-light conditions
- Requires distilled, rain, or reverse-osmosis water
- Seasonal dormancy may begin as early as October and last as late as March
Specifications
- Plant type
- Venus flytrap (Dionaea)
- Cultivar
- ‘Sam Flytrap’
- Growth form
- Low-growing bog plant from a rhizome
- Small plant
- Light
- Full sun; indoor plants generally need an intense grow light
- Water
- Distilled, rain, or reverse-osmosis water
- Growing medium
- Fertilizer-free peat moss and perlite mix
- Dormancy
- Seasonal dormancy, depending on conditions
- Variant
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Frequently Asked Questions
How should I water the Sam Flytrap?
Keep the pot in a saucer with a few inches of distilled, rain, or reverse-osmosis water, and do not let the plant dry out.
Does this Venus flytrap go dormant?
Yes. Seasonal dormancy can begin as early as October and last as late as March, with reduced trap growth during that period.
Can I grow it indoors?
Yes, provided it receives all-day sun on a very bright windowsill or an appropriate grow light positioned close to the plant.