Dionaea muscipula

Venus flytrap

The Venus flytrap is native only to the coastal plain and Sandhills of North and South Carolina, roughly within 90 miles of Wilmington, NC. It grows in open, fire-maintained wet longleaf pine savannas and the damp edges between savannas, pocosins and Carolina bay rims. It needs full sun, constantly moist nutrient-poor sandy peat, pure water, and a cool winter dormancy of about three months.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A low rosette plant in wet sandy and loamy pine savannas, and in narrow moist ecotones between wetter pocosin shrub bogs or seeps and drier sandy uplands. Its sites are frequently burned. Without fire, shrubs and trees shade it out, and sites without a long history of frequent fire rarely support it.

Coastal plain and Sandhills, essentially near sea level to about 100 m.

USA: North Carolina (southeastern coastal plain and Sandhills)USA: South Carolina (northeastern coastal plain)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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