Do you do venus flytraps here.......?

[bonsaiboy]

Hi, I'm only farmiliar with the bonsai forum (hence the name), and I may need a little help figuring things out here. First, I would like to know if you this place hade a more approprate section for venus flytrap care. If not, I would like to know if anyone can answer this question. I have had my flytrap for some weeks now, and kept it outside because I read they needed a dormancy period. However, a couple days ago, some of the leafs started turning a goldish brown color that spread, and I don't know why. Could it be that it had to much water (it rains constantly), or something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Newt]

Hi Bonsai boy,

This section will do. Depending on where they would be grown this post could be in 'Container Gardening', 'Perennials' or right here. Venus flytraps do go dormant, but not knowing where you live it's hard to say if it would be an appropriate for it to be outdoors. Here's some info that might help you out.
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq7350.html
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2000.html

Newt

[bonsaiboy]

Thanks for the help. There are two reasons why I think this could be happening. One, there was a large clump of moldy roots (which I removed) in the soil. Two, I put it outside in winter, thinking it would do it good. Although the last one seems more likely, would it have lasted several weeks with no ill effects? And if this is the problem, is there any way to reverse it? I have looked at the links, but they provide no helpful information for the problem. Please help!

[Newt]

As I mentioned in my last post, I don't know where you live so I can't say if putting it outside is the cause. If you live in Alaska then that could be the cause. If you live in Florida, southern California, Hawaii or even in southern Georgia, the cold temps might not effect it. These are water loving plants so the rain alone wouldn't be the cause. It sounds like it's either the cold or winter dormancy. If you read the second link it explains winter dormancy. The leaves begin to yellow. Did you see these?
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq3480.html
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2460.html
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2462.html
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2465.html
https://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2440.html

You can't reverse cold or freeze/frost damage. All you can do is support the plant with good growing conditions. If it's going dormant according to the sites I gave you, then you need to let it go dormant and it will revive when the time is right.

I wonder what type of light conditions your plant is in. They prefer full sun. Do you know the name of your plant?

Newt

[bonsaiboy]

I live in OR. I do not know the name of my plant, but I have a question. What exacly, does a bulb look like? I removed a clump or seamingly rotting stuff, wich I do not belive was the bulb (my plant looks fine), but I would like to know in case. The temp here is roughly the same as the temp were the would naturaly live, so if it pulls through the next week, I think it would be fine. It is outside, so it gets the most sun possible. The color could be due to the rotting stuff, dormant colors, or something else.

[Newt]

Oregon has hardiness zones that range from 4 to 9. Here's a map.
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/cropmap/oregon/maps/ORhardy.jpg

For a picture of a venus fly trap bulb I used the botanical name and put in the google search box:
Dionaea bulb

[url]https://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www3.plala.or.jp/Dionaea-Club/dionaea/cultvate/pictures/d_bulb02.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www3.plala.or.jp/Dionaea-Club/dionaea/cultvate/clt_pag5.htm&h=180&w=240&sz=9&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=OmmayphmiD6z2M:&tbnh=83&tbnw=110&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDionaea%2Bbulb%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url]

Sorry for the long url but there really aren't any current pics out there and they only show with a Image search at google.

Newt

[ynot]

Bonsaiboy,

[url=https://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/wetlands/VenusFlytrap/VenusFlytrap.html]From this site:[/url]

Venus Flytrap has a dormant period in the winter. A Venus Flytrap going dormant usually show in growth, and the leaves may slowly turn black and die. The plant will come back in Spring. Dormancy can help a plant to survive bad conditions. In a Venus Flytrap it is because the bugs don't live in the winter and they don't have anything to eat.

Having said that, The Venus Flytrap is native to only one place in the world [The [mostly] coastal Carolinas, I used to live there. [url=https://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/cabe/do.html]This park was 15 miles south.[/url]] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dionaea_distribution.svg]See this image.[/url]

It is important to note that although they do have a dormancy, The average daily high temperatures for Dec, Jan and Feb were 60f, 58f, and 60f where I lived [Coastal NC about 40 minutes north of the SC border].
The night time temps would occasionally drop to the high 30s and very rarely hit freezing.
I don't know how tough they are as far as prolonged frigid temps but I am guessing that your climate has been considerably colder for an extended period of time.

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap]Here is the incredibly handy Wikipedia article.[/url]

good luck,
ynot