‹ All plantsVenus Flytrap
Dionaea muscipula
Carnivorous plantsMood Meter: Kinda High-Maintenance
Also called: Venus's Flytrap
Low rosette whose leaf tips form hinged jaw-like traps lined with tooth-like cilia.
Growth habit: rosette carnivorous.
Plant Mood Meter: Kinda High-Maintenance
It is not a tropical windowsill houseplant: it needs intense light, mineral-poor water/substrate, and a seasonal winter dormancy.
Care guide
Full sun or extremely bright grow-light conditions. Direct sun: Direct sun is strongly preferred after acclimation.
Keep consistently moist using rain, distilled, or similarly low-mineral water; tray watering is commonly suitable during active growth.
Nutrient-poor carnivorous-plant medium such as appropriate peat/sphagnum with inert aeration; never standard fertilized potting soil.
Ordinary ambient humidity is usually less important than light, water purity, and substrate.
Problems Planticist can help with UnderwateringOverwatering / poor aerationRoot rot / impaired rootsExcess light / sun scorchInsufficient light (etiolation)Normal lower-leaf senescenceLow-humidity stressPest damageFertilizer / mineral salt buildup
