The most famous carnivorous plant in the world is the "Venus Flytrap". However, under natural conditions Dionaea muscipula grows only in a small area of land in the eastern United States.
Due to the paucity of useful elements in the region, "Dionaea" adapted to receive all the necessary nutrients from living organisms, it leaves caught in traps.
Low plant (only 15 cm in height) produces special enzymes, which attract curious victims. When the insect lands on the leaves, it touches the bristles, which give a signal to shut the trap. Then, special plant extracts gland which dissolves the sacrifice for a couple of weeks.
That is why people give birth at home, "Venus Flytrap" - watch the unique life of the organism. Growing "Dion" has its own characteristics, but all in all, a fairly simple task. It is only necessary to create conditions as close to natural for "Flycatchers".
Lighting
For muholovki requires an increased amount of sunlight. Only in such circumstances, it will be well and evenly developed, and will reach maximum size, but "Dionaea" not tropical plant and grow best at temperatures ranging from 20 to 27 degrees Celsius.
Be careful - direct sunlight is dangerous and harmful to the plant.
Watering
Any special preference to water this plant there. However, watering with tap water will cause the plant to wilt. Watering ideal distilled or rain water is the most common.
It is necessary to avoid permanent drying out the land.
necessary to maintain a fairly high level of moisture for good growth.
Priming
It is not recommended to plant "flytrap" in the so-called universal primer. This will lead to the "Dion" possible death.
The ideal solution is a mixture of peat and perlite. Important proportion - it should be 1: 1 or 2: 1. It is also recommended before the planting of the entire mixture is well moistened.
Feeding
As mentioned earlier, "Dionaea" powered completely by any insects that were trapped, but more often, all these things so that in an apartment no insects, it is possible to make a living in the trap of a fly or a spider.
It should be borne in mind that at the dead insect bristles do not react. It is also not necessary to overfeed the plant. One feeding per week would be sufficient.
Incorporated into the soil all kinds of fertilizers are required.
About the lack of irrigation for the plant can be said to have yellowed or fallen leaves. However, if the leaves just turned yellow, but not fallen - it only shows that the water is hard.
Brown spots appear due to sun burns, or overabundance of certain minerals in the soil.
Total
If you observe all the above recommendations, it is a unique plant will please its owner its flowering species. But with proper care it can live up to twenty years.