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I was in my greenhouse today, and i saw this beauty, it immediately came to mind FTS maroon monster because it looks like it, it has the green margin in the corners with green, and the rest is red, it has exactly the same teeth. Only thing i found different is that the leaf is long at least for this one, but other leafs are more wide not like this one, while the fts maroon monster has more robst wide leaves. I will have to look more closely. But it certainly looks like FTS maroon monster.







Pic of the VFT







A comparison with the FTS maroon monster from matt/steve:


This pic, sorry to be very observant, it looks like leah holding the plant, by the look of the hands, they don't appear to be men's hands, also i can see the wedding ring, and the belt is not that wide, the jacket appears to be made out of cotton maybe, or some kind of animal, cowboy clothes is it?








Mine is fairly small compare to the ones above.
Matt or steve, let me know what you think about it!

It does look very similar. Nice plant either way!

I think the main part of the leaf (Forgot it's proper name ) Is slightly longer and thinner, tho' it may just be spring growth.

Either way, tou have a really nice plant there!

im not sure but it looks like a Akai Ryu to me but im not sure im not a expert im just a beginer grower haha

Jht-union, it's possible that your plant is an FTS Maroon Monster although there's no way to tell for sure without a plant label. A few of the many red-leaved Venus Flytraps from seed (some germinated by Matt in tissue culture) that Matt and I shipped during the last year or so might have been the clone that we now call FTS Maroon Monster, before that clone grew and matured enough that we realized it was special and gave it a name. There were a lot of other red-leafed Venus Flytraps that we grew and shipped too though, so there is no way to tell for sure. That said, your red-leafed plant looks great!

Thanks steve, this is one of the babies among the 350 babies that i received from matt, there are some really nice ones, pics to come soon!

It does look like a maroon monster actually.

A better pic has been posted here:

http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/pygmy ... 10936.html

jht-union wrote:Thanks steve, this is one of the babies among the 350 babies that i received from matt, there are some really nice ones, pics to come soon!

Your growing 350? Wow....

stry67 wrote:Your growing 350? Wow....

Hehe, i have about 350 almost 3 year old VFT's along with some 150 baby vft's 1 year old and some 130 baby vft's about 7 months old along with some probably i would say 50 VFT's that are either mature, or are reaching maturity.
minus take some 20 or so vft's that have probably died and i haven't notice, i have not have any deaths so far, only one vft and it was a cupped trap

They don't take too much space! (for the moment hehe )

It looks fantastic, i haven't done TC yet, here's a good way to prove how fast they can grow in media, and if it is or not a maroon monster.
Thanks matt!