Cultivar · genus Dionaea

Akai Ryu

Dionaea muscipula · ‘Akai Ryu’

‘Akai Ryu’ — reference photo
AI illustration: Horta

Guide

Written and kept by people who grow it. Every section carries its source.

No cultivar-specific guide yet

Until someone writes one, this cultivar follows the Dionaea muscipula care below. If you grow ‘Akai Ryu’, a few honest paragraphs would give it its own voice.

Care recipe

Each fact carries its confidence tier — and says whether it belongs to this cultivar or is inherited from the species.

Care notes reviewed by Horta
Light
ai:claude-code
LightOwn

Direct sun

Waterfrom Dionaea muscipula

≈ every 3 days

Humidityfrom Dionaea muscipula

High

Temperaturefrom Dionaea muscipula

5–30 °C

Soil mixfrom Dionaea muscipula

Nutrient-free peat and perlite, never fertilized soil

Propagationfrom Dionaea muscipula

Division, leaf pullings, or seed

FertilizingOwn

none needed

Growth ratefrom Dionaea muscipula

Slow

Floweringfrom Dionaea muscipula

White spring blooms on tall stalks held above the traps; needs a cool winter dormancy

ToxicitySpecies level

Not yet documented

Toxicity is a species-level safety fact. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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HortaPrimary
Horta · AI-generated · © Horta

Sources: ai:claude-code

Kept true by its growers

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