First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter

First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223003

By SwiggityStag -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:56 am
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 4:56 am #223003

I was very excited to come home to this healthy little plant after work today. Unwrapping it carefully, everything was perfectly packaged and the plant is so beautiful, I really did feel like it was Christmas. I snapped this picture after lightly rewetting the slightly moist soil. (With distilled water!

) My next buy is definitely the Paradisia I think! Any opinions?

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Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223004

By SundewWolf -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:10 am
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:10 am #223004

Nice choice! FTS has really good plants and set you up with quality substrate.

SwiggityStag wrote: My next buy is definitely the Paradisia I think! Any opinions?

Get a crazy one like Trichterfalle! That's one of my favorite cultivars because its just extremely bizzare, as if VFTs weren't weird enough lol.

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Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223028

By SwiggityStag -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:44 am
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:44 am #223028

SundewWolf wrote:Nice choice! FTS has really good plants and set you up with quality substrate.

Get a crazy one like Trichterfalle! That's one of my favorite cultivars because its just extremely bizzare, as if VFTs weren't weird enough lol.

Yes, I was definitely impressed by that and it's one of the reasons why I got my plant from FTS.

I've been curious about plants like the Trichterfalle and ones like the Mirror, do the malformed traps make for a weaker plant over all? Do they have trouble eating?

Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223033

By SundewWolf -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:47 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:47 pm #223033

Not really, Trichterfalle seems to grow just as vigorously as my other flytraps. It makes normal shaped traps too, so it catches insects in those.
I don't have much experience with "mirror" but I think it can catch insects as well.

There are some like "cup traps" which have been bad growers for me though.

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Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223036

By xr280xr -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:01 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:01 pm #223036

Looks great! Just wait till it starts growing. Looks like it's going to be big!

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Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223061

By MrsMuscipula -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:29 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:29 pm #223061

Awesome starter plant! Congratulations.

Paradisia is so pretty! It's definitely on my wishlist.

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Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223068

By kcbugs -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:44 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:44 pm #223068

I like my 2 Paradisia. They are a, relatively, less expensive cultivar, and are quite vigorous.

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Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223072

By SwiggityStag -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:56 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:56 pm #223072

xr280xr wrote:Looks great! Just wait till it starts growing. Looks like it's going to be big!

I think it will be big to, I swear it has grown since last night already!

Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223074

By SwiggityStag -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:58 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:58 pm #223074

kcbugs wrote:I like my 2 Paradisia. They are a, relatively, less expensive cultivar, and are quite vigorous.

I ended up ordering one last night, I got a starter so my two plants will start around the same age. I was really tempted by one of the limited reserve plants but I figured I should get some experience caring for them before I get a expensive cultivar.

Re: First VFT: Bristletooth Planted Starter#223091

By katya_dog1 -  Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:27 pm
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- Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:27 pm #223091

My wantlist goes G16, paradisia, coquillage. So, in my opinion it is a beautiful cultivar.

EDIT Man, I am having trouble spelling today.

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