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Written by Matt
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Monday, 05 May 2008 12:27 |
Publication: Carnivorous Plant Newsletter Volume 30, number 2, pages 111-112, 2001
Web Publication: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v30n4p111_116.html
Registration Date: February 28, 2002
Breeder: Leo Song, Jr., Fullerton, CA, USA, June 3, 1993
Nominant: Leo Song, Jr., ca. 1995
Registrant: Leo Song, Jr., October 10, 1999
Description: "I crossed [Dionaea 'Dentate Traps' {B.Meyers-Rice}], (...) with its marginal tentacles mutated into short teeth, with a plant we grow which is noteworthy for its consistently extra large, moderately red-colored traps. This plant was selected from the seedlings. The margins of the trap are dentate like the pollen parent. Like the seed parent, the traps are consistently large, with good coloration. The plant is vigorous and even though the traps do not have normal cilia, they do trap insects."
Quoted from the ICPS database:
Propagation: Vegetative reproduction
Etymology: The partially closed traps look like a shark's jaws
Background:The description above pretty much gives all of the background that is needed on Dionaea muscipula 'Jaws'. to summarize, 'Jaws' is a descendant of the Dionaea 'Dentate Traps' cultivar and was produced by Leo Song when he crossed 'Dentate Traps' with a vigorous typical clone with good trap coloration. 'Jaws' was one of the offspring resulting from that cross. 'Jaws' is vigorous and produces consistently large traps with good coloration.
Photo Gallery: Dionaea 'Jaws' Photo Gallery
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