Carnivorous Variety Pack - Venus Fly Traps, Sundews, Pitcher Plants & Bladderwort Seeds - New

The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) is the most well-known species of carnivorous plants. These insectivorous plants lure their prey using sweet-smelling nectar. When an insect lands on the head of the fly trap, they seek the source of the nectar, and if the plant is lucky, it will touch one of the many trigger hairs located within the jaws of the trap. Once triggered, the trap snaps closed, trapping the victim. The plant then secretes an enzyme which essentially 'dissolves' the insect, turning it into a digestible dinner. After a few days, the fly trap will re-open, to await its next victim. Venus Fly Traps are quite easy to grow.

Drosera commonly known as the sundews lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which they grow. Both the botanical name and the English common name refer to the glistening drops of mucilage at the tip of each tentacle that resemble drops of morning dew. 

All Sarracenia trap insects and other prey without the use of moving parts. Most species use a combination of scent, drugged nectar, waxy deposits (to clog insect feet) and gravity to topple insect prey into their pitcher.Once inside, the insect finds the footing very slippery with a waxy surface covering the walls of the pitcher. Further down the tube, downward-pointing hairs make retreat impossible, and in the lowest region of the tube, a pool of liquid containing digestive enzymes and wetting agents quickly drowns the prey and begins digestion.

Bladderwort is the common name given to the plants of the genus Utricularia. Bladderworts are cultivated for their flowers which are often compared with those of snapdragons and orchids. All bladderworts are carnivorous, and capture small organisms by means of bladder-like traps.

The potting mixture for these should consist of a mix of 70% Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss and 30% Horticultural Perlite.

This offer consists of 5 x Mixed Dionaea muscipula Forms Seeds + 20 x Mixed Drosera species Seeds + 5 x Mixed Sarracenia species Seeds + 10 x Utricularia bisquamata Seeds