FlytrapCare Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 I obtained this plant from Milo Booman, owner of Booman's floral (a large commercial carnivorous plant vendor) back in April 2012. It's a pretty unusual flytrap. The traps are shaped similarly to Korean Melody Shark, with short to non-existent marginal spines, but it doesn't grow quite as upright nor spaghetti-like leaves like Korean Melody Shark. Also the trigger hairs are kind of odd, showing up near the edge of the trap or in large quantities. I kind of like this little mutant :) What do you all think? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnicarni Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Very nice clone ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapRanch Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 (edited) Booman's Mutant looks like it has the best of the distinctive characteristics of both Korean Melody Shark and Bart Simpson (Wacky Traps) without the individual disadvantages of both those clones. Neat, Matt. I'm not fond of the "freaks," but this looks like a freak I could like. Edited April 29, 2014 by FlytrapRanch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapCare Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Thanks Carnicarni and Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 It looks a lot better than Wacky Traps and Korean Melody Shark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantrid Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 its a nice plant with consistent, more natural looking characteristic. certainly one for the collection. What size are the adult traps? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePitchers Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Very interesting plant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnicarni Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 We need this clone in Europe ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Looks nice. Do the traps work? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnaudcarni Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 really superb !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inoxy Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Very nice ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapCare Posted April 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 its a nice plant with consistent, more natural looking characteristic. certainly one for the collection. What size are the adult traps?I don't know if the plant is full sized yet, and I haven't measured the traps, but I'd guess the largest ones are currently somewhere around 30mm. Looks nice. Do the traps work?Yep, the traps are functional! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroentje Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Really like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucien01700 Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Wouaaaou, beautiful plant Matt, very interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted April 30, 2014 Report Share Posted April 30, 2014 Hi, Great ! I prefer her to D.M.Wacky Traps :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonkochuni Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 Handsome VFT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malvo Posted May 1, 2014 Report Share Posted May 1, 2014 I normally don't like "mutants" (that's the name i give to those VFT'S that are very weirdly shaped) but this one is kind of nice, i like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q.G Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Geat clone, if you have too much spares, well.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlytrapCare Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Thought I'd post a couple more photos of the plant during the growing season. I have been growing the plant for a couple of seasons now and it seems that it produces different traps throughout the growing season. As can be seen in the photos above, the winter traps hug the ground and have almost no marginal spines. As the spring traps emerge, they appear to have some small marginal spines and a very odd-shape. See the below photos: Something else of interest to note is that Booman's Mutant seems to somewhat predictably produce the tri-lobed traps. Each of the divisions I have produced one this spring and I recall a couple being produced last year as well. Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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