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Mutation or sickness?

By jamzjamz
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Joined:  Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:34 am
-  Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:20 pm #147237
So I was looking at my Justina Davis and found these strange looking traps. They look like the "fuzzy arms" but this was on the traps instead.

Look at the little guy in the middle, so round. Looks like something from Super Mario brothers lol :lol:

I am wondering is this a mutation or some kind of sickness?
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Re: Mutation or sickness?

By pieguy452
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Joined:  Sun May 22, 2011 11:09 pm
-  Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:59 pm #147240
Those are most likely just mutations and shouldn't be a problem unless the flytrap is constantly making traps like that :)

Re: Mutation or sickness?

By Starchy
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Joined:  Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:58 am
-  Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:32 am #147274
If the plant stayed healthy and consistently mutated traps like that, what name would you go with for a cultivar?

Throw some ideas around...
I'll start: "Lumberjack" - because it looks like it has a lumberjack's facial hair under the chin.
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Re: Mutation or sickness?

By xr280xr
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Joined:  Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:29 pm
-  Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:22 pm #147317
I've had several leaves developing with a texture like that but not the traps. That's a weird one.
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