New VFT Cultivar at Walmart

18 years ago

I bought some new VFTs at Walmart. When I went there, I saw these VFTs that look the same. They must be a cultivar. They all had slim leaves and large red traps.

I know they can not be Big Mouth or Dingley Giant or any of my other cultivars because of this slim leaves they have.

Some nursery probably release this new type. Maybe they will keep track to see how this type sells. I could see they were also selling dentate.

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akheadbanger
18 years ago
i have that to i beleive the way you described it i will post a picture later, but i think its under Lowland neps in harsh conditions... i think thats the name.. but the VFT i thought was a big mouth

Cheers!
Vertigo6911
18 years ago
actualy there are only 2 cultivars; 'Akai ryu' and 'dentate traps', all others are unregistered forms and so the naming doesent mean that much as the same plant will have different names in places etc...
also odds are that the properties of the plant are actualy due to growing conditions rather then selective breeding.
in that case u will just end up with another typical after a wile...
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What about these?

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'Sawtooth' (B.Meyers-Rice) Registered 30. 3. 2000

And Peter D'Amato's "Clumping Cultivar" and "Red Rosetted" are both only missing the standard to complete registration.
necro1234
18 years ago
Hi

Is it not the case that they are not "accepted registered cultivators" by the International Carnivorous Plant Society?

I remember reading something about that.

Cheers

Sheldon
byron_1
Original Author
18 years ago
Well, when you have a certain growing shape on many plants, and you see they all look the same, even when they are growing together if you see the same growing shape on all of them, chances are that will be the way the plant will grow.

I have seen many plants at lowes, Kmart, and Walmart for many years, but this one keeps its shape on every single one. Even the Big Mouth when you grow many in the same environment they grow a little different sometimes.

The slim leaf this plant has appears to be a strong genetic factor, for all of the plants have it. This is not a Big Mouth. The cultivar was probably mass produced by a large nursery, and they probably could not care lesss about giving it a name.

The plant could later deploy wider leaves, but I am sure the other leaves will dominate their growth if kept in a sunny spot.

It grows nicely flat, but it could be a tall growing plant as well. We will just have to wait and see.

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