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Hey All,

I've been reading up about divisions and i'm pretty sure some of my plants have them but i'm still a newbie to all this so i would appreciate it if you could take a look at my pics and tell me what you see.







Thanks

/0rmus

I see a few natural divisions. Those smaller traps that are kind of "on the side" are divisions creating new plants. They are not likely ready to be separated yet, however.

Next time you repot you can carefully pull apart the rhizome, provided all divisions have their own root system already established. Until a divided rhizome has its own separate root system, leave them as they are.

Here's an example of a good-sized rhizome that has not divided, but is working on it - you could divide this and get roots on both rhizomes, but I would not recommend it at this stage as it will require damaging both rhizomes too much since they have not yet "divided" naturally:



Here are examples of rhizomes that have divided. You can clearly see the separation in the rhizome and that both have an established root system. These can be pulled apart by hand. Best time to do so is in Spring while they are still dormant.

One division, pretty much can be split right down the middle if desired.


Several divisions here.

Thanks Veronis. Very helpful post!

I hope to re pot in a week or two. Guess i won't know until then exactly what i've got

Thanks again!

I went from one flytrap to five in one year, however the wind and a pond can take lives quickly...

Good luck getting some divisions!

there are a few divisions but dont divied for some time as the plants ay be quite weak and may not survive

Thanks for the advice everyone. I intend on repotting soon as i have new plants coming and i want to plant them together. Also roots are coming out of the draining holes. The plants way of saying ''get me a bigger pot''. I'll see how it goes with the divisions. If they don't all make it i'll put it down to darwin... I have limited space under my light and my collection far from complete, its survival of the fittest