bigred wrote:Actually all my FTS orders look strange. And you can see the pics on the store look way different.
Remember that flytraps change in appearance throughout the year with the seasons. Further, flytraps grown under different conditions can look drastically different. You can't look at a single photo of a flytrap and know what it will look like all 365 days of the year and in every growing location and conditions around the United States. The photos will give you a general idea of what the plant can and will most likely look like, but not all plants of the same clone are going to appear exactly alike all the time, everywhere they grow.
bigred wrote:For instance, that pink venus picture posted above. The leaves should not be skinny or white, they should be typical leaves that have red parts. Also, the FTS plants leaves grow slouched to the ground and in a circle. Is this because they are out of tissue culture and/or low lighting? If not they are for sure not growing to full capacity and as I said within a month, my traps doubled in size, started growing upright, turned more green and normal fat leaves.
The reason the Pink Venus in the mystery box looks that way is because it was in a pot full of other Pink Venus plants and it was crowded and not getting light to the parts that are pinkish/white. Mystery box plants are typically not grown in the same conditions as plants that you'd receive by ordering a single plant. I sound like a broken record I've typed this so many times:
Plants out of mystery boxes are NOT the same quality or size that you'd receive if you ordered a single flytrap from the FlytrapStore.
Therefore, they won't likely look much like the mature plants that you'll see in the photos of the individual flytrap products. But then again, there aren't any photos of plants for the mystery box products, so one shouldn't try to make the parallel between the two products (i.e. a Pink Venus in a mystery box should not be compared to a young-adult or mature Pink Venus flytrap). Taking a quick look at the drastic price difference between the cost of a plant in a mystery box versus an individual plant should give the buyer some idea of what they'll be getting. The 5 plant mystery box is only $2 per plant. Compare that to a young-adult Pink Venus at $14.95 and that should give a good idea of the size and quality of the plants that you'll be receiving in a mystery box at about one-tenth the cost.
Mystery boxes are intended to be extreme deals for people to potentially get a good variety of plants (though they could receive all the same clone in a mystery box) and give Steve and I the opportunity to thin out any excess plants we may have. They do not in any way represent the quality or size of plants that the FlytrapStore sells as individual plants.
Shes Crofty wrote:I remember the first mystery box I got, I remember thinking none of the plants I got looked like the store pictures. After watching it grow a bit more I started to think differently.
Right, smaller plants typically don't look like they will when they're adults, just like we don't look the same when we're children as we do as adults. And plants grown in crowded conditions, which are sometimes put in mystery boxes, don't have the same color as they will develop when they aren't fighting for light.
Shes Crofty wrote:Leah picked out some really interesting ones and I really like them, they were my favorites of the mystery box. I look forward to watching them grow.
Those seed-grown ones should keep nice color most of the year. I really like the deep red coloration in them. Post photos of them periodically, if you would, so that I can continue to enjoy them
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