Exotic lovers are already growing a thunderstorm of spiders, insects and even mollusks on their plots - a Venus flycatcher. This plant lives on the Atlantic coast of the United States in a fairly swampy area. If you translate the name literally, you will get a "mousetrap", but this plant does not eat mice.

A predatory flower makes up for the lack of nitrogen in the soil by eating insects. It has large leaves consisting of two halves. There are sharp and long spikes along the edge of the leaf. The inner part of the leaf plate is green, like the whole plant, and the outer part is most often red. It is the color that attracts insects. As soon as they sit on the leaf and touch the special villi, it quickly closes and turns into a stomach.

The insect digests quite slowly - about 10 days. When the leaf completely absorbs the food, it will open again, and the remains of the chitinous shell will lie on it. Each leaf eats no more than four insects and after each "lunch" it increases by a quarter of its maximum size. If the food is too large, then the trap begins to rot. The plant does not "spit out" inedible objects.

On garden plots and in houses, the predator feels good enough if you recreate natural conditions for it. The plant loves warmth and moisture. Even in the garden it is better to keep it in tubs. A mixture of peat and sand is suitable as a substrate, acidic soil is destructive. Water the plant abundantly. The earth should not dry out, so the surface is often covered with moss. It does not like direct sunlight, but it is a light-loving plant.

It winters in the open ground, if there is no frost, snow does not cause harm. By winter, a small rosette of leaves remains on the surface, reminding of the existence of a flycatcher. As soon as it warms up, the stem immediately begins to grow with leaves located on top of each other. After that, small flowers appear. When the plant blooms, the leaves transform into traps. The period of winter rest is mandatory, by autumn leaf growth slows down. The optimal temperature for winter is 6-10 degrees.

Such an exotic flower on a garden plot will surprise anyone.

In winter, it can be brought into the room where it spends a period of rest. Watering at this time is practically not needed. Sometimes the flycatcher overwinters in the refrigerator in a bag to preserve moisture. In the spring, it can be transplanted into a larger pot. Outdoors, it is larger and more beautiful. As a houseplant, it needs to be fed with small young larvae, but not meat. Official website of Jozz Casino online.