Background: Dionaea muscipula 'Dentate Traps' was originally isolated in the mid-1970's from a group of wild collected plants by Leo Song Jr. of California State Fullerton and Bob Hanrahan. It was then propagated by seed and division. Interestingly, 'Denatate Traps' passes its unique characteristic of small marginal spines along to its sexually propagated offspring. It and all of the all red varieties are unique in this regard among the cultivated varieties of venus fly traps. It seems that 'Dentate Traps' and the all red varieties are the only cultivars that originated from naturally occurring populations. Since 1997, 'Dentate Traps' has been widely available because of propagation through tissue culture. 'Dentate Traps' venus fly traps have also been called "shark's tooth," "bear trap," "California dentate," "dentata," "dentate,"or "dente."

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I need help with raising my plant...
written by Dawn, May 27, 2009

Ooof, I feel silly when I see this amazing guide. How do you look after a Venus fly trap that's all it's mouths are dead? Since mine is rather half-dead but I have no idea how to help it.

As you see, it's practically dead.

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I need help with raising my plant...
written by Timmy, March 24, 2010

Well actually, just because the traps are dead doesn't mean it's dead or even practically dead in your view. You might want to cut all the traps off and look at the rhizome (white bulb thing). If it's brown and mushy it's dead or dying. If it's white and hard, then it's fine. Good Luck! Sorry fore the late reply.

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