Favorite VFT Cultivar?

Favorite VFT Cultivar?#410998

By davinstewart -  Sat May 14, 2022 12:15 pm
Location:  Chapel Hill, NC
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- Sat May 14, 2022 12:15 pm #410998

If you were stranded on a desert island and how to pick one cultivar (and could grow it perfectly), which would you pick?

Current results:

3 B-52
2 FTS Maroon Monster
1 Wine Mouth
1 Big Mouth
1 King Henry (not an official cultivar?)
1 DC XL
1 A2
1 Paradisia
1 SD Kronos
1 FTS Crimson Sawtooth
1 G16

I was hoping to include a list of cultivars but it's too long so instead, here's a link to the current authority on the matter ... carnivorous plant database and ICPS Carnivorous Plant Names Database. Feel free to write in your favorites as well.

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- Davin
"All cultivars were typicals at some point."

Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#410999

By davinstewart -  Sat May 14, 2022 12:25 pm
Location:  Chapel Hill, NC
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- Sat May 14, 2022 12:25 pm #410999

I'll start off the conversation by saying that 'B-52' is my all time favorite.

- Davin
"All cultivars were typicals at some point."

Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411003

By That one plant boi -  Sat May 14, 2022 1:10 pm
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- Sat May 14, 2022 1:10 pm #411003

Gotta be King Henry for me. It was my first ever plant, which I still have. Such a large and vigorous plant!

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411004

By tommyr -  Sat May 14, 2022 1:12 pm
Location:  Mid Hudson valley of New York
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- Sat May 14, 2022 1:12 pm #411004

DCXL for me for the past 8 years. What a beast!

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411005

By Sundews69 -  Sat May 14, 2022 1:15 pm
Location:  Wisconsin Zone 5a
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- Sat May 14, 2022 1:15 pm #411005

I'm a sucker for 'wine mouth'.

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411028

By benguinmeowmeow -  Sat May 14, 2022 6:11 pm
Location:  London, UK
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- Sat May 14, 2022 6:11 pm #411028

A2 seems to produce the biggest traps for me, bigger than my B52 so far anyway, of which A2 is one parent, so I'd have to choose that

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411094

By Blackfeather666 -  Sun May 15, 2022 9:24 pm
Location:  Inglis, FL zone 8b, if I am not deployed
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- Sun May 15, 2022 9:24 pm #411094

Big mouth

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411152

By boarderlib -  Mon May 16, 2022 1:13 pm
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- Mon May 16, 2022 1:13 pm #411152

Maroon Monster would be my first choice.

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411158

By tracieh -  Mon May 16, 2022 2:36 pm
Location:  Pennsylvania Zone 6b
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- Mon May 16, 2022 2:36 pm #411158

Another vote for B-52. Easy. Big. Breathtaking.

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411166

By evenwind -  Mon May 16, 2022 4:11 pm
Location:  Long Island, NY
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- Mon May 16, 2022 4:11 pm #411166

Paradisia. Doesn't take a lot of room, great color!

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411188

By elaineo -  Mon May 16, 2022 5:51 pm
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- Mon May 16, 2022 5:51 pm #411188

davinstewart wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 12:15 pm If you were stranded on a desert island and how to pick one cultivar (and could grow it perfectly), which would you pick?

My favorite VFT is B52, but that cultivar is so easy my dog could grow it. If I'm stranded on a desert island, might as well go for something challenging, right? So, hmm, I would pick one of those crazy blue psychedelic flytraps that I always see on ebay.

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411194

By ELee -  Mon May 16, 2022 6:08 pm
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- Mon May 16, 2022 6:08 pm #411194

I would go with SD Kronos, but it is a tough choice between that and Fine Tooth X Red!

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Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411195

By davinstewart -  Mon May 16, 2022 6:21 pm
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- Mon May 16, 2022 6:21 pm #411195

I'm ... just going to count that as B-52.

elaineo wrote:My favorite VFT is B52, but that cultivar is so easy my dog could grow it. If I'm stranded on a desert island, might as well go for something challenging, right? So, hmm, I would pick one of those crazy blue psychedelic flytraps that I always see on ebay.

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"All cultivars were typicals at some point."

Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411196

By davinstewart -  Mon May 16, 2022 6:26 pm
Location:  Chapel Hill, NC
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- Mon May 16, 2022 6:26 pm #411196

I'm going to count this one as Big Mouth. Please let me know if I'm wrong!

Sundews69 wrote:I'm a sucker for 'wine mouth'.

- Davin
"All cultivars were typicals at some point."

Re: Favorite VFT Cultivar?#411198

By Carnies -  Mon May 16, 2022 6:41 pm
Location:  Bay Area California
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- Mon May 16, 2022 6:41 pm #411198

Wine mouth is not even close to Big Mouth? Much more expensive and has really nice colored traps.

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