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Heather T wrote:I'd like to take a look-see at the Flytrap care store; perhaps there are small lamps for sale there?

We don't sell any lights in the FlytrapStore, primarily because we don't believe Flytraps should ever be grown under artificial lighting for the long term. The vast majority of people struggle to keep them alive in such conditions, and even when grown under lights by experts, Flytraps are not as healthy as they would be when receiving natural sunlight.

You don't need to go to a specialty lighting store to get something that would work though. Any big department store or home improvement store will sell fluorescent lighting fixtures and 6500K bulbs.

Heather T wrote:Are the admins also the proprietors of the store?

Yes. I (Matt) do most of the administration duties here, with the help of a few other moderators. Leah (my wife and FlytrapStore business partner) is also an administrator here, but she is rarely active on the forums.

Winter is one of the few times of year, especially at our northern latitudes, that growing under lights can be done (for just a few months) and the plants can actually benefit from it.

The last few winters we've not had sufficient space in our greenhouses, so we've moved quite a few plants into the garage under artificial lighting. They do fine there through the winter, though not as well as the plants in the greenhouses on the top shelf receiving lots of sunlight, until we can get them back outside in the spring.

If you could get a fluorescent lighting fixture and just use it through the winter until the chance of freeze and frost is past in the spring, then move the flytrap outside, that would probably work out fine assuming the plant is well cared for.

Heather T wrote:One last question: do you ship to Canada, by any chance?

We only ship plants in sterile tissue culture outside of the US and only during the fall, winter and early spring months. We've shipped quite a few tissue culture plants to Canada in years passed.

This is our page listing the Dionaea we have sold before:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/store/intern ... es-dionaea

Many of those will be available again this fall, probably in late October.

If you're interested in ordering something, be sure to familiarize yourself with the Terms & Conditions before placing an order:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/store/about-sterile-cultures