Venus Fly Trap Grows!

The growing cycle of a Fly Traps follows the 4 seasons with a bunch of different types of traps growing in each. In the spring, as the Fly Traps awake from dormancy, the Fly Traps will produce a rosette of small leaves that surround the surface of the ground with a trap at each tip. The Fly Traps are usually not too big at this point, perhaps two or four inches across. It is also at this time that a long spike that has several white flowers will appear.

As summer fades away a variant type of leaf is made. Now, instead of hugging the soil, taller, straighter leaves begin to grow holding the traps several inches above the ground. The Venus fly traps also change visually, becoming larger overall and having a semi-circular notch in the back. Newborn leaves with traps are constantly being made to replace the older, dying ones.

Once the days begin to slow down and the temperature starts to drop in fall, a smaller, flat rosette is made once again, it is very alike to that of the spring flowering. The Fly Traps now gets ready for dormancy.

In winter, the Venus Fly Trap are semi evergreen and will retain few to several leaves depending on how cold it gets. The leaves are quite tolerant of frosts but extended cold will eventually cause them to die back. Underground, the Venus fly trap is still quite alive. A scaly bulb, alike to a tiny lily, is resting and building up strength to begin growing even larger the following spring. This cycle then repeats again

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