Cultivar · genus Dionaea

Cupped Trap

Dionaea muscipula · ‘Cupped Trap’

‘Cupped Trap’ — 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 ‘Cupped Trap’, a few honest paragraphs would give it its own voice.

Care recipe

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Care notes reviewed by Horta
Light
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Soil
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LightOwn

Direct sun

Waterfrom Dionaea muscipula

≈ every 3 days

Humidityfrom Dionaea muscipula

High

Temperaturefrom Dionaea muscipula

5–30 °C

Soil mixOwn

straight peat moss kept moist from the bottom

Propagationfrom Dionaea muscipula

Division, leaf pullings, or seed

Fertilizingfrom Dionaea muscipula

None; it feeds by trapping insects

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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Horta · AI-generated · © Horta

Sources: ai:claude-code

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