Akai Ryu (Red Dragon) Venus Fly Trap - Sweet Leaf Nursery

Akai Ryu (Red Dragon) Venus Fly Trap

Name: Akai Ryu (Red Dragon) Venus Fly Trap
Brand: Sweet Leaf Nursery
SKU: shopify_US_6140000010433_37720777720001
Price: 16.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (11 reviews)

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Description

Dionaea muscipula 'Akai Ryu' (the Red Dragon Venus Fly Trap) is a carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae from North Carolina, USA. They are fuzzy pet safe, as well as reptile safe, provided that the traps do not grow larger than your animals. Baby lizards and frogs should likely be kept away from them. Dionaea muscipula produce white flowers on long stems in Spring, and narrow green and deep maroon red leaves with a trap on the end that contains tiny hairs that when triggered twice in a 30 second period will close and trap bugs and small animals and digest them. Leaves will increase in the intensity of the maroon color when given more light. Plants will arrive in one 2.5 inch deep pot, fully rooted and in the correct medium.

Basic Care:

Plants should only be given rain, reverse osmosis water or distilled.
Species likes to be in humid, tropical like conditions. Cold hardy outdoors year round in Zones 7 - 10 and with protection in Zones 5 and 6.
Venus Fly Traps can handle a full range of temperatures as long as it does not remain frozen and is allowed to thaw during the day time.
Plants prefer FULL sun and are best kept outside.
Plants require a dormancy period of 3 to 4 months in the Winter time and should be kept inside an unheated garage or refrigerator during dormancy in zones outside of 5 to 10.
Soil should be kept consistently moist and plants should be placed in a carnivorous mix of peat moss, perlite and maybe the addition of some coarse sand.
Pots should be plastic or fire-glazed ceramic only. Terra Cotta pots will slowly kill the Venus Flytrap as minerals build up in the soil.
Some people like to keep their venus fly traps in a tray of water, while others feel that you should just keep them consistently moist. No matter what, never let this plant dry out!

Be sure to read the care guide included with your plant to ensure proper watering and care. Never fertilize, feed people food or tigger the traps, as they only open so many times and they need food when triggered because opening and closing takes a lot of energy.

Reviews

Love my beautiful fly trap!

This is the second Red Dragon I've had and love it all over again! I was heartbroken when I allowed this past winter to kill my first one. I love all my carnivorous plants I get from this seller cause they always arrive in a timely manner, healthy and beautiful. Whenever I have a question about any of my plants I get from her she is always happy to share her vast knowledge. She cares about the satisfaction and happiness her plants bring to her customers and those are the reasons I always buy all my carnivorous plants from her.

As always my fly trap arrived healthy and beautiful! I buy all my carnivorous plants from this seller, she has the healthiest, biggest variety of carnivorous plants I've ever come across. The owner knows everything there is to know about her plants and can help you grow them to their fullest potential.

Beautiful Dragon

Sweet Leaf nursery is awesome to do business with! My Red Dragon flytrap is just coming out of dormancy and it’s gorgeous!!! Their packaging is superb and the plant came very healthy! Shipping was fast. There was a nice package of instructions and a sample of fly larvae to feed it. I’ll be back to purchase more from them.

Great Condition!

Plant came in great condition, very speedy shipping as well

She is so amazing with customer service, packaging the plant and getting stuff out on time. She always makes sure that the customer is happy and the plant is happy as well.

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Winter Shipping

96 hour HEAT PACKS are available under the Accessories category. Due to the colder weather and the postal delays from Covid-19 and the increased number of packages during the holidays, we are only offering the larger, 96 hour heat pack and are upgrading all orders with a heat pack to Priority to hopefully ensure that the heat pack is still working upon arrival.

If the daytime temperature in your area or mine is below 45 degrees, we recommend a heat pack. If your area is going to be extremely cold, then you may need two heat packs. If you do not want to include heat packs during cold weather, then you take full responsibility if your plant freezes. We may check the weather between South Carolina and your location, and send a message to recommend adding a heat pack. We do not leave our plants outside for the post office to pick them up and instead take the plants to the post office before the postal truck comes at 4pm so that they are not sitting outside in the elements. We want to provide you with the highest quality plants possible and between our cost and the extra added cost of shipping, there is no mark up on heat packs and they are simply provided as a service to ensure your plants arrive safely.

ABOUT 96 HOUR HEAT PACKS

They last at least 96 hours. Due to mail delays, we are only offering the 96 hour heat pack at this time. For an additional $7 charge, we are offering a shipping upgrade to priority shipping with an included heat pack. We cannot be responsible for plants that were damaged by extreme cold where a heat pack was not purchased, so please check your weather and take postal delays into consideration.