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The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:09 pm
by Jellybean1
i just thought about this..Whats the oldest venus flytrap in the USA or even the world?What is the biggest carnivorous plant out of every species?
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:13 pm
by Jds
This maybe oldest,undivided.
https://youtu.be/Md6GagM9QtI
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:34 pm
by Ishaha
Jds wrote:This maybe oldest,undivided.
https://youtu.be/Md6GagM9QtI
Trigger s every single trapXD
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:38 pm
by Jellybean1
How'd he even get that much traps
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:14 pm
by katya_dog1
It is impossible to say. Do you mean oldest in cultivation, or oldest ever? Flytraps grow and divide infinitely, so I don't think it's possible to know. You can't really base it on random YouTube videos either, as a flytrap in good conditions will grow extraordinarily fast and will fill up a pot in no time at all.
As to the largest CP species, that would definitely be Nepenthes. They grow to gigantic size as they are vines.
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:14 pm
by evenwind
BZ1955 has been in continuous cultivation for 60 years, so that would be a number to beat.
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:50 pm
by katya_dog1
evenwind wrote:BZ1955 has been in continuous cultivation for 60 years, so that would be a number to beat.
Continuous CULTIVATION, but is it the "oldest flytrap in the world"? Certainly, if Bob Zeimer still has the original plant, then that's legit as the oldest plant in cultivation (assuming there is not someone who can actually prove that they have an original plant that is older), but the oldest plant ever? Who knows?
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:09 pm
by evenwind
But how you you differentiate between a plant and it's clone? Or, if you prefer, a rhizome and a piece of the rhizome that broke off? Is it two plants or one? How do you draw a line? I sure don't know.
I came across this about the "oldest plant in the world":
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... tself.html
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:51 pm
by Jellybean1
Any of those
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 12:25 am
by SerMuncherIV
Technically, Triphyophyllum peltatum is the largest carnivorous plant so far discovered (vines up to 70m apparently), but as its carnivorous leaves only appear sporadically, I can see why some would argue in favor of Nepenthes.
Re: The oldest venus flytrap in the world
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 2:06 pm
by katya_dog1
evenwind wrote:But how you you differentiate between a plant and it's clone? Or, if you prefer, a rhizome and a piece of the rhizome that broke off? Is it two plants or one? How do you draw a line? I sure don't know.
I came across this about the "oldest plant in the world":
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... tself.html
Good questions.
I don't know.
