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Sorry but in my opinion I dont think this is dark enough to be anything special. Ive had traps this dark on my red plants, and thats in the cloudy uk

Er... am I the only one not understanding why some people are so aggressive about this topic? Do you guys have a black plant in your pocket and you wanted that name for yourself? Come one! Have a laugh! (and a beer, cheers!)

I swear I'm going to raise an all green one and call it Black Widow just for a vague swipe at irony.

FlytrapCare forum member Dionae (Eric) graciously sent me a division of this really nice plant last year (I think?). It is the darkest, reddest flytrap I've ever seen! And the name "Black Traps", coined by Dionae, is certainly appropriate. The traps are completely burgundy in good light. And the leaves only show a bit of green soon after they emerge and also turn completely dark red in strong sunlight, as evidenced by the photos.

I left the pot out, exposed to the elements, all winter and moved it to a very shaded part of the garden this spring. It certainly does not object to sitting in the gloom.

I think it will be interesting to see it at the end of the season when its had a good sunbathe. I have a feeling it will do well.

It's a stunner.

I suspect that any plant that is named black, but is not actually black under normal illumination, is likely to come under question here. The same happened with Eden Black. I understand the desire for someone to express the dark colouration in the name, but calling it a colour that it is not is a little bemusing. Nice plant though

LOL, who are you? It's not a lie, just a name for a plant. And it's not even my name. It's the name given the plant by the person who grew it from seed (Eric Morrow).

It was good to show you around. Glad you like the plant, its quite hard parting with them but there comes a time when you need the space. Steve

Another three Arisaema are in flower this weekend. Arisaema candidissimum Arisaema flavum Arisaema jacquemontii I was sure I'd cut back on this genus, I even assured MrsG I had

That's just amazing! one of the most beautiful i've ever seen Luca

Good to know Antoine!

I wanted to post a few photos of my mother Wacky Traps plant so that people had some idea how large this freak plant can get with good care and time. This is the largest one I've ever seen first hand or in photos!

This plant was started from seed a long time ago. I've been evaluating it for the last couple of years and it has really impressed me. I finally decided to give it a name! I have been informally calling it "Short-toothed Red Giant" but that name is long and cumbersome. So I decided to name it based on its highly arched traps instead of its coloration and teeth :) FTS Archangel is a red-leafed flytrap, though it has extremely varied coloration with lots of shades of yellows, greens and reds, with short to medium-length marginal spines (teeth). It grows upright in the spring and summer, but it's leaves rarely exceed 2 or 3 inches in length, making it a sturdy flytrap. It can produce traps that are quite large on the shorter than normal leaves, which creates an interesting look. Let me present to you, making its public appearance for the first time here in this thread....duh, duh, duh FTS Archangel

Thanks for pointing this out Trev. Since the plant is not one I selected nor named, I'll defer to Eric to let him choose the name. I'll let him know about this plant already circulating under that name. Perhaps he'll just add his initials to the name and make it "EM Black Traps". Thanks for your honest feedback. For me, this is the darkest, most anthocyanin laden plant I've ever grown, and I grow lots and lots of flytraps. Having always been particularly fond of red-leafed flytraps, I grow all of them I can acquire. And I've propagated thousands of red-leafed flytraps of at least 12 different varieties and have observed those plants for multiple seasons. I can safely say that this plant is the darkest (blackest) plant I've ever grown. The only plant that comes close to it is DC All Red. And remember, this is still late spring/early summer. Flytraps get much more colorful late in the summer and into the fall, so I expect this plant to be much darker later in the growing season. So although it's not a plant I personally selected nor named, I personally think it's a great plant and worthy of the name "Black Traps". And I plan to propagate it and offer it to the community of Dionaea enthusiasts. If someone doesn't like it or doesn't find it unique enough or thinks the name is inaccurate, they're not required to grow it :)

It stable trust me David wouldn't have registered it if it wasn't and the Pom Pom trap form on young plants and only in the spring for adult plant every season which I think is nice cause it not a slow or weak grower like other clone that produce trap that can't catch prey.

If that plant is black I suggest you get your eyes tested . It's red and nothing else .

is there a plant you cant grow?? fair play mucker bist casnt do better than that! regards paul

very nice fella

Matt that is a huge Wacky Traps, Great photo.

I have never seen a "Wacky Traps" so big ! Amazing !

stunning as always elvis, I may have to pop over soon and start taking some cuttings!

So you think it looks more like a S.x ( rubra x leucophylla) rather than a S.x( rubra x leucophylla). I'm waiting for someone to say S.x readii which is of course S. x (rubra x leucophylla).

I had the same problem at first (with the sane phone) I thought the admin just needed to approve it

exactly the same with all of my alatas and rubras which in the main came from ian, I have noticed just about everything else in the garden is ahead of schedule weak and lacking body, its because of the very mild winter and early spring in the garden.