Dionaea muscipula Red Dragon (Shipped Bare-Root)

Dionaea muscipula Red Dragon (Shipped Bare-Root)Registered by Ron Gagliardo of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in 1998, Red Dragon (also known as Akai Ryu, Japanese for Red Dragon) was developed before 1996. Growth habit and flower morphology are typical for the species, but the leaf petiole, blade, and trap exhibit dark maroon to burgundy coloration throughout the year. Any green coloration appears only around the center of the plant in mid winter. Even under laboratory conditions with elevated

and distinctive pastel-red trap interiors framed by uniquely divided teeth that create an almost fringed

Originated by Colin Clayton of Triffid Park

commands attention with its striking contrast of bright green foliage and deep crimson trap interiors

the reason for the name becomes very clear

each trap packed with many small trigger hairs

Distinguished from Gremlin by its complete lack of any pink blush in new growth

distinguished by a strongly prostrate growth habit and intense dark maroon trap coloration

From Mathias Maier’s Green Jaws program

with natural variation in trap shape and size across individual plants in this OP generation

This emerging cultivar promises the refined trap architecture and vigor characteristic of modern breeding programs

SD Phoenix represents a collaboration between FlytrapCare's Matt and Stephen Doonan

MD Buttcheeks was bred and named by Maxim Dolecki