Flowering vft pics

[sindarin]

So I'm brand new to caring for VFTs and I didn't know that letting it flower might jeapordize a plant that is in less-than-prime condition. I live in Seattle where the lack of light and dry indoor conditions certainly present a challenge... however the flowers are quite beautiful so I thought I'd put up a few pics!

Here are the buds the morning the first flower opened:

And here's the flower:

Here's the rest of the plant -- it seems pretty happy so far. If the stress of flowering and seed production were to tax it, at what stage would I expect it to show distress?

All images copyright Taylor 2004

 

[kendogg]

darn that is pretty.. how long or when should I expect for my vft's to flower?

 

[sindarin]

Quote[/b] (kendogg @ May 22 2004,11:41)]darn that is pretty.. how long or when should I expect for my vft's to flower?

They are pretty, but they're small and short-lived compared to the traps. Had I known the downside of allowing it to flower, I would have trimmed that sucker in favor of more plant growth throughout the warm season.

Live and learn... I just hope the plant lives! So far it seems pretty happy.

 

[peter]

The Plant looks great. Why don't you just leave the whole plant outside? I would think that it would be perfect since the Humidity is constantly high and there isn't too little or too much light.

 

[Mannannan]

Some store person told me that vft's flower can be 8 different colors... true or false? so far I've only ever seen white.

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

As far as I know, VFT flowers come in white, white, or white. I have never heard of a VFT flower being anything but one of those three colors

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BCK

 

[Jason Wong]

Spray paint the flowers

I wish mine would flower, looks healthy enough + I want seeds! Plus the traps are getting so big that its beginning to frighten me

(remember this is a typical I'm talking about)


Welcome to the forums and nice plants dude!

Jason

Ps.your plants look healhy enough to flower but since I have no experience in this I suggets you go ask an expert (eg. D.muscipula - yes that's his real name)

 

[jimscott]

You can always tie-dye them or do like one kid did - paint faces on them. As I recall, that topic had a pretty good ride on the forums.

 

[jimscott]

Quote[/b] (BigCarnivourKid @ May 27 2004,1:43)]As far as I know, VFT flowers come in white, white, or white.  I have never heard of a VFT flower being anything but one of those three colors

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BCK

Steve, you forgot light alabaster and ecru!

 

[jon]

I've had them flower in the following colors: achromatic, achromic, alabaster, ashen, blanched, bleached, bloodless, Caucasian, chalky, fair, frosted, ghastly, hoary, immaculate, ivory, light, milky, neutral, pallid, pasty, pearly, pure, snowy, stainless, unblemished, unsullied, wan, waxen

 

[jimscott]

No fair - you have an internet dictionary! Gotta admire the creativity!

 

[jon]

Quote[/b] (jimscott @ May 27 2004,5:32)]Gotta admire the creativity!

 

[BobZ]

Ah ha! Apparently no one looks at their VFT flowers closely enough. The 'Red Dragon' flower has a distinctly red stigma.