Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:39:18 -0700 From: "Doug Burdic" <dburdic@harborside.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2169$foo@default> Subject: Re: Wacky VFT
Hi Michael,
It's very common for the Venus Flytrap to produce multiple
flower stalks. I have some which are producing 7 and 8,
although it's advisable when they produce this many, to
'thin the herd' down to 1 or 2 of the more robust stalks.
As for the 'strange plant'..Sounds like a Liverwort to me,
which, while unique and beautiful on its' own, can become
a virulent weed problem which will overgrow almost anything
in its' path if not kept in check, so you might want to transplant it
away from your flytraps before these green monsters latch onto
your plants.
Best of luck,
Doug
Doug Burdic
dburdic@harborside.com
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> I have an interesting situation here, one of my 8 VFT has decided to
grow, not 1,
> but 2 flower stalks from the same bulb. Is this usual? From what I
have read they
> will only produce 1 per year after reaching maturity. Also, some of
the traps on
> various VFTs are leaking while they are digesting their prey. At the
moment I am
> assuming this doesn't point to a malfunctioning plant. Other than
that, I have
> noticed a very strange plant growing amongst the VFTs, it looks like a
single flat
> fern leaf, about 2cm long & 7mm wide. The odd thing is that it has
something
> looking like bowls, about 3 or 4 per leaf, and the entire leaf seems
to have a root
> system. Some sort of CP to catch mites? I am going to go back to the
store where I
> bought my VFTs from & try to get one with an abundance of this strange
ferny type
> thing.
>
> --Michael
>
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