Venus Flycatcher: home care and flower features

Venus flytrap is a plant belonging to the family of sundew. The name is unscientific, according to the official classification it is called the "dionae flycatcher" (Dionaea muscipula). In natural conditions, it grows on scanty soils in several states of the USA. Insufficiency of nutrients necessary for life in the ground has led to the fact that the plant has adapted to catch and digest insects.

Dionia flycatcher is a low plant with a shortened stem and a rosette of modified leaves, similar to the shell shell shells with long teeth on the edges. On the inner surfaces of the "leaflets" there are hairs that react to the movements of insects. With sufficient stimulation, the leaves slam with the intersection of the teeth, like a zipper-fastener.

A special digestive fluid begins to be produced by the glands immediately afterwards. Digestion lasts up to 3 weeks. With the subsequent opening of the leaflets between them, only the chitinous membrane of the victim can remain. "Peculiar trap" is able to digest up to 3 victims. After that its functions are considered fulfilled, it withers. When imitating insect swarming, for example, if you move the brush inside the wings, they will slam shut, but after a day they will open up, recognizing the deception.

From the center of the rosette of leaves, in the course of time, flower stalks appear on which inflorescences develop. Venus flower flytrap is a large white heptathlon. The fruit is a box in which ripen black with shine seeds.

Venus flytrap at home needs bright illumination (without shading) with sunlight for several (minimum 4) hours a day. Fresh air is also necessary. In the summer season, it can be moved to an outdoor balcony or to the garden, where she will have the opportunity to catch insects. The location in relation to the light does not need to change, the plant does not tolerate it (it is convenient to make a small mark on the pot).

Wintering should be at a temperature of about 7 degrees and sufficient illumination of the venus flycatcher. Care at home during this period will be a minimum watering. Period of rest is needed for a long time - about 3.5 months. Without lowering the temperature, the predator plant will not survive long.

The ground requires a non-nutritionally venereal flytrap. Care at home requires moderate watering with warm distilled or boiled water. The roots of the plant should be air access. The container for planting should be taken small.

Fertilizing fertilizer is not required for such a plant as a venus flytrap. Care at home in this matter is to deliver live insects to leaf-leaves, if she herself does not have the ability to lure them and catch them. A few pieces per season will be enough.

It is desirable to transplant annually, optimally after wintering. As a substratum, you can not use a universal purchased soil. It must be prepared independently from perch sour peat and perlite. The components need to be mixed in approximately equal amounts.

Propagation of flower stems and separation of daughter bulbs Venus flytrap. Home care is the separation of overgrown nests during transplantation. They are cut using a sterile tool and dusting the damaged areas with charcoal. After flowering the flower stalk should be removed without waiting for the maturation of the seeds, if they are not supposed to be used for reproduction. It can be planted in a suitable soil, covered with a package with small holes. Even if the flower stalk withers or blackens, it should not be thrown away, in a month or two young sprouts should appear.

Venus flytrap is a plant that is not easy to clean, but it's worth making friends with it, if only because it is rare in our homes. Surprise and admiration of the guests you will be guaranteed.