Growth stages of carnivorous plants

The venus fly traps are native to South Carolina area.Looks like they are happier than ever.The jug plant(called pitcher plants here) are native to the eastern US and should bloom once a year at 2-3 years of age.The sundews and the venus grow under other taller plants and a fine in more shade.The jug plant is more demanding of sun.Your sundews and venus are exceptional.Well done man.
Mine feed on bugs Simon.They are dormant when the bugs are dormantSept.toFeb. No fertilizer-just bugs.Lots of bugs.And the rapid growth you see in pic 3 is the plant reacting to the longer days heat,and......the stored nutrients from bugs from last year!!!Lots of plant mass-from bugs
So,i can tell you bugs have lots of skeleton composed of calcium.The other part-bug juice,guts,eyes,gizzards are a mystery.So i can not tell you what kind of fertilizer those plants are getting.N ? P ? K? P and K creates blooms.... N creates vegetative growth...
Are you fertilizing?Are you putting them outside in winter so they can go dormant and rest.No dormancy makes for lazy growth.A long dormancy makes for big growth explosion and humongo plants in spring.The doors on that geenhouse stay open all cold season.A long cold season like this year creates the best crop-and those are smokin in pic 3.
Then spring comes, the greenhouse is sealed w/no fan.Temps to 130+ 100 % humidity,and 10 minute limit for human occupation.Unheard of in ANY plant habitat.The heat helps the growth but is just as important in creating the richest colors.And the are grown in creek water that may have a nutrient agenda of it's own,but carnivorous plants have very woody roots well designed for anchoring and not nutrient uptake.So,they are designed to feed...orally(made scientist laugh).
Look up my native Georgia pitcher plant-Sarracenia Minor.It is without a doubt the cruelest of the cruelest.

This a prime habitat for for Sarracenia-the Okefenokee Swamp-head water to the Suwanee River where i collect coral 40-80 miles downstream.The S.Minor has generated a sub species called Okefenokeensis.
Anyway,the Okefenokee is an obnoxious swamp.Atleast you can travel by airboat in the everglades.This swamp is full of stumps,trees and shrubs most impenetrable.
The high acid content in the water renders it very close to safe to drink.I guess the bacteria do not farewell in an acid bath...And snorkling downstream for coral in very safe water is nice.
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Morning Scott.I feel like somebody beat me w/a ball bat.Gettin old,one day you will find out.

They eat a lot of ants flys bees moths beetles Randy.You know how the south is about bugs.They definatly do a number in a greenhouse.Hornets built a nest in the greenhouse one year and i found many eaten hornets when trimming them the next year.Some locations have too many bugs and they will fill up to the top and the pitcher will fall over.The bugs are drunk,trying to crawl to the bottom.I gotta take some of the liquor and see what it does to me LOL.