Dionaea muscipula Akai Ryu Light Shade to Shade pickle-sized leaves

pickle-sized leaves

fine texture of the fronds serves as a perfect backdrop for hostas and other bold foliage plants

where they can cascade

it was great to finally see it growing wild in Taiwan in 2008

Dionaea muscipula Akai Ryu Light Shade to Shade pickle-sized leavesGreen fly traps are from Venus. Red fly traps are from Mars! Dionaea 'Akai Ryu' is a spectacular and vigorous 1997 introduction from the Atlanta Botanical Garden the result from years of line breeding by carnivorous plant guru Ron Gagliardo. Dionaea 'Akai Ryu', which means "red dragon," has bright red stems ending in carmine red traps. This is truly a stunning conversation piece when grown either in a container garden or a bog garden.