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I was out watering my plants this morning and one of my plants, which was the first to throw up a flower stalk this season (and abnormally thick) appears to be False Vivipary. I am very excited as I have awed at pictures online of this mutation for quite a while but never seen it in person.

This plant was picked up at a grocery store last season,I liked it because it looks very similar to Jaws or other large mouth short tooth cultivars. I picked up 3, and after closer inspection it appears a 2nd plant might also have False Vivpary but the stalk has not grown out quite far enough yet to be 100% sure.

Can anyone chime in how often they see this mutation in their own collection? I have 100's of VFT's, most just beginning to flower this season but these are the only ones i can tell have this mutation so far, which I find very interesting they are the same plant.

I will add more pictures as things get further along.
Photos from today..

that is cool looking!

It happens every year on my D.O.D. rescue FlyTrap. I suspect it's a result of multiplication hormones added to the Tissue Culture media. It's neat to see.

Good growing,
Mike

Shadowtski wrote:It happens every year on my D.O.D. rescue FlyTrap. I suspect it's a result of multiplication hormones added to the Tissue Culture media. It's neat to see.

Good growing,
Mike

Very interesting. I have heard they suspect it to be a homrmonal issue like you said but if it is happening year after year It seems like that would rule out being caused by hormones in the TC media right?

Updated photos!

Add a couple more photos to original post, traps now have teeth and flowers are blooming. I never thought it would actually flower.

I assume these seed stalk traps die off when the seed stalk dies off?