Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?

Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381096

By owlfeathers -  Sat May 15, 2021 6:57 am
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- Sat May 15, 2021 6:57 am #381096

I was at Lowe's today to get some organic potting soil (for home-grown cat grass!), so obviously I took a look at the death cubes...

And to my astonishment and delight, there were some flytraps that looked like Dentes, and they were less than $6.

So of course I got one!

This afternoon, I repotted it and another death cube rescue from a few weeks ago. I hope they'll be happier now

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Re: Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381099

By Supercazzola -  Sat May 15, 2021 10:53 am
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- Sat May 15, 2021 10:53 am #381099

I think you may find a typical that looks like traits a dente has, but my understanding is that unless you have documentation that it is a clone of dente, you just have a typical. Mutations and recessive traits come out sometimes. Doesn’t mean it’s the registered cultivar though… make sense?

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Re: Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381105

By ChefDean -  Sat May 15, 2021 1:04 pm
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- Sat May 15, 2021 1:04 pm #381105

^^^^What he said.
I also got one like that, as well as a deep red one. However, both are officially typicals unless I can identify a stable trait in them that sets them apart from others. If I do. Then I might have a new cultivar on my hands. But that's a discussion for a different day.

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Re: Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381109

By owlfeathers -  Sat May 15, 2021 1:16 pm
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- Sat May 15, 2021 1:16 pm #381109

Supercazzola wrote:I think you may find a typical that looks like traits a dente has, but my understanding is that unless you have documentation that it is a clone of dente, you just have a typical. Mutations and recessive traits come out sometimes. Doesn’t mean it’s the registered cultivar though… make sense?

Ah, I see. But it's still an adorable little guy! The death cube plants do look great when they're new.

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Re: Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381113

By Matt -  Sat May 15, 2021 2:56 pm
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- Sat May 15, 2021 2:56 pm #381113

It's unfortunate that it didn't come with a label. In all likelihood, that is a Dentate Traps flytrap that was propagated by AG3. They also do Akai Ryu, which is probably the red variety that @ChefDean picked up. But without labels, it's impossible to know for sure unless someone wants to pay for a genetic test

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Re: Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381858

By Big-Jack -  Sun May 23, 2021 9:18 pm
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- Sun May 23, 2021 9:18 pm #381858

That is an impressive arch on those traps.

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Re: Did I just find a Dente in a death cube?!?#381885

By michijake -  Mon May 24, 2021 4:14 am
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- Mon May 24, 2021 4:14 am #381885

Very cool! I found some similar ones recently from that same brand, so I wonder if they came from the same batch. Yours are in much better condition than mine though!

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