Re: Fly Traps - Color with cold nights

Rob (brislerr@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 06 Oct 1996 23:40:07 +1000

Hi Tom
>
>The whole plant is about 12" across.... It's color is AMAZING this time of
>year as well. I will take a few photos with a ruler next to it.

This sounds amaaaazing! When you take those photos please scan one and
e-mail it to me. Or better yet get it on to a web site for all to see. It
it a "Red Dragon' or some other clone?

>
>Does anyone know why the vft's color develops with the cold nights?

I believe that the high temperature differential (warm days verses cold
nights) combined with the generally cooler (and cooling) conditions cause
some sort of chemical reaction in VFTs. All of my plants show redder
characteristics in the Autumn, even Sarracenias.

Regards,

Rob