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best coolish kitchen fly catching plant please
Hello Martha,
If I understand your question, you want to know what carnivorous plant would be the best as an indoors fly trapper. Generally, people get carnivorous plants for their unique qualities and beauty, not really for their applied abilities. They are just as likely to trap a fly as attract it into your home by their nectar and smell.
If you are still interested in obtaining and keeping a carnivorous plant you might try a Nepenthes or a large tropical sundew, like a Drosera capensis, as those plants are relatively easy to grow indoors, do not require dormancy, and are capable of trapping flies. They might put a dent in the fly population and they might just attract more flies than before.
Remember that most carnivorous plants require far more light than typical Ivies, so they will need a good south or east facing window and might even need additional florescent lights to survive inside.
Christopher
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Answers by Expert:
Christopher Littrell
Expertise
I am capable of answering questions about the most common carnivorous plants found in cultivation. I have no personal experience with Byblis, Drosophyllum, Aldrovanda, and Heliamphora. I have not cultivated gemmae forming pygmy sundews nor tuberous sundews. For information regarding those aforementioned species, I would suggest contacting other experts. I can answer questions regarding most species of Nepenthes, tropical and temperate Drosera, Mexican Pinguicula, Sarracenias, and Dionaea. I have some limited experience with growing Utricularia, Cephalotus, and Darlingtonia.
Experience
I have grown carnivorous plants off and on for about 27 years. I have made the same mistakes and suffered the same mishaps that many growers make as they attempt to separate the myths from the realities of growing these plants. Currently, I am successfully growing a variety of tropical sundews, a Nepenthes, several Venus Flytraps of varying ages, and Sarracenias. I have been successful in stratifying Sarracenia seeds and providing artificial dormancy requirements for my temperate plants when needed.
Education/Credentials
I hold a Master's degree in Educational Psychology. Over my lifetime, I have constantly read books involving the growing conditions of carnivorous plants. I hope to incorporate the educational aspects involved in psychology with teaching other people how to cultivate carnivorous plants.
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