Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!

Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187449

By Matt -  Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:20 pm
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- Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:20 pm #187449

In another thread people were asking for photos of my mother Alien flytrap after I mentioned how insane it looks right now. This is the largest Alien flytrap I've ever seen. The largest traps are 1.75" or so and look like Vienna sausage hot dog buns

I get a good chuckle every time I look at this plant

I hope you do too!

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187452

By Cory -  Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:27 pm
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- Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:27 pm #187452

Nice plant Matt.. Good growing

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187457

By happiness - Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:40 pm

- Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:40 pm #187457

Wow.. So jealous! Hope they are in stock next spring!!

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187459

By Brildayr -  Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:47 pm
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- Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:47 pm #187459

Nice!

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187460

By Droseracloner314 -  Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:43 pm
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- Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:43 pm #187460

Holy cow! That is insane! I cant wait for mine to be that massive! How old is that one Matt? Dang that's massive

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187461

By buick231 -  Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:46 pm
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- Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:46 pm #187461

Holy $hit. Nice job. Going to have to create a predator plant next.

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187465

By Droseracloner314 -  Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:53 pm
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- Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:53 pm #187465

I would waste an exhorbent amount of money on that plant! Absolute insanity!

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187479

By Kevonicus -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:50 am
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:50 am #187479

Absolute insanity!

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187484

By sbrooks -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:52 am
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:52 am #187484

Somebody call Sigourney Weaver!

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187485

By antoinemoore90 -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:06 am
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:06 am #187485

Great growing Matt thanks for showing what Dionaea 'Alien' is made of.

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187493

By Droseracloner314 -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:27 pm
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 2:27 pm #187493

sbrooks wrote:Somebody call Sigourney Weaver!

"we need to blow it out of the gosh darn airlock" immediately what I thought when obese this pic!

Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187498

By Matt -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:07 pm
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:07 pm #187498

Droseracloner314 wrote:How old is that one Matt?

I just took a look at my growlist and it appears that I got my first Alien in September 2010, so that means I've been growing that plant for 3 years. It was very small when I received it and was still fairly small this spring. But once I put it in the New Zealand long fibered sphagnum this spring, it really took off!

Thanks everyone for the comments

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187502

By poppashark -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:06 pm
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:06 pm #187502

Wow Matt, that's a great looking plant!! Do these still have the three triggers on each side? Or do they grow more to compensate for the size?

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187505

By Matt -  Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:36 pm
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- Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:36 pm #187505

poppashark wrote:Do these still have the three triggers on each side? Or do they grow more to compensate for the size?

They usually have a few more than 3 large trigger hairs on each lobe and then tons of very small ones sprinkled along the mid-rib of the trap. I do not know if the smaller ones are active or not. Here is a photo from the store for reference:

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Re: Alien Venus fly trap - Ridiculous!#187701

By pieguy452 -  Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:03 am
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- Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:03 am #187701

That alien is massive

Great looking plants as always

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