Venus flytrap

Melion

Anybody know where I can get one in the city?

Poxyshamrock

They used to have em in Homebase.

Don't know if they were actuall venus fly traps but they were plants with mouths that closed! :P

bullets

Tesco sometimes sell them.

Beware though most stores that sell these plants have not got a clue how
to look after them and by the time you the customer buys one from the shop shelf a lot of the time these type of plants are already stressed and in the process of dying
even if they look perfectly healthy when you first buy them.

With the Venus Fly trap if you do manage to buy one Don't set the traps off by poking them. The traps when triggered relys on two stages. When an insect gets trapped it continues to struggle after the trap closes which triggers the digestion stage. If you just poke the trap and it closes without something live and moving inside the 2nd stage does not get triggered and the plant will have used up all its energy in closing without any nutrients in return so trap dies. (the hairs after the trap closes need to be stimulated to trigger the 2nd stage or else trap opens again and tends to die) Also dont try and place meat in them it does not work.

Also if they flower they have a tenancy to die so some people will just cut the stalks that grow between the traps before they flower. Seeds are a pain in the ass to try and germinate
I've tried a few times but failed to get anything to grow from seed.

~B