- Sat May 05, 2012 8:45 pm
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Those plants are HUGE. That's not a cultivated variety that's been selected for the "largest traps," it's just a normal old VFT. That is an incredibly healthy plant, growing and thriving in the wild. Unlike animals (especially humans) a plant's natural environment is as close to the optimal environment you can get for it. It's not like they just pick themselves up and walk away to find a better place, so the species has to change for the environment its in or die...
mobile wrote: Just because a plant survives in certain conditions in the wild, it doesn't mean that it thrives.I'm going to have to disagree with you on this point. I would say it's the other way around, just because the plant survives in our pots does not mean they thrive. Venus Flytraps are in their very specific climate because it is optimal for them. The plants evolved in their specific conditions over many years, and as such they are optimally suited to grow there. Look at these plants
Those plants are HUGE. That's not a cultivated variety that's been selected for the "largest traps," it's just a normal old VFT. That is an incredibly healthy plant, growing and thriving in the wild. Unlike animals (especially humans) a plant's natural environment is as close to the optimal environment you can get for it. It's not like they just pick themselves up and walk away to find a better place, so the species has to change for the environment its in or die...
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