Venus Fly Trap Light

Standard setting fly catching for wall sconce flytraps.
Venus fly trap light. The fly trap needs lots of bright light for as many hours per day as possible. When grown inside under artificial lights keep flytraps 4 7 inches away from fluorescent lights. Know a bit about venus fly traps before you buy one. The venus flytrap dionaea muscipula is a carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands on the east coast of the united states in north carolina and south carolina.
They grow naturally in north and south carolina. Always provide bright light for you plant. Venus flytraps require an annual dormancy period. If you live in the south united states direct sun all day is not advised as it may burn the plants.
Venus fly traps are sun lovers. It catches its prey chiefly insects and arachnids with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant s leaves which is triggered by tiny hairs called trigger hairs or sensitive hairs on. Most of the energy venus fly traps generate for growing is created through photosynthesis. Venus flytraps do best in bright but indirect light.
Use four 40 watt 3 000 k fluorescent bulbs in the plant. It is possible to grow venus flytraps under lights during the summer and then move them elsewhere for dormancy. Light requirements for venus fly traps. Our newest wall sconce flytrap the gilbert 2002gt provides.
The leaf blade is the head that everyone will recognize it looks like a green clam shell with some wicked long teeth. They are green for a reason. It s especially important to avoid placing them in direct sunlight in summer which may get too hot and cause the leaves to turn crispy. Place the fluorescent light fixture above the venus flytrap and adjust the height of the light fixture to 12 inches above the plant.
Venus fly trap goes through a period of dormancy beginning in fall when sunlight levels decrease. Holds our large 22 x 5 glueboard flat. It will lose its leaves and appear to die but it actually lives on underground through its rhizomes this is normal and you should not try to make up for the reduction of daylight hours by giving the plant artificial light. As you have or will learn in your first biology course light is the key component for photosynthesis.
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