This is a nice introduction to the subject. For any newbies who might be watching, though, I’ll mention that this discussion of genetics is highly simplified. If you’re serious about breeding for selected traits, you’ll want to investigate plant genetics in greater depth.
Gregor Mendel’s genetic experiments (with pea plants) are extremely interesting. There’s something of a consensus that he fudged his experimental data to make it fit his theory. Yet his theory was essentially correct. His insight that some genes are dominant, while others are recessive, and that genes work in pairs, one from each parent, has been tremendously useful.
This wasn’t a video about cultivating varieties of venus flytraps as much as it was just a video about breeding varieties in general. Like I want to see how people pollinate and what the set up is and how many plants you reliably need to find mutations, etc
Keep in mind, if you want to sell a cultivat by clone, YOU CAN NOT SELL THEIR SEED, it has to be rooted leaf cuttings or flower stalk cuttings, because the seed may not be completely the same, which will then take the "cultivar" title out of your venus flytrap. Cultivars are also plants that you want to keep the same, that you want to clone, make copies, not different offspring.
If they don’t know what they’re selling, you can’t really call it any particular cultivar. It still might be interesting for breeding (if it has some desirable trait), but you won’t know just what you’re starting with. Also beware of people who spuriously label plants. Someone might have a plant they think “looks like” a B52, and advertise it as a B52. If you don’t care, that’s fine. But if you want to know just what genes you’re working with, it’s not a B52 unless you can trace its descent back to the original B52 stock.
I have a few traits I want to start breeding for once thicker and taller stem, another is larger traps, another could be more see through traps, stronger traps with thicker stronger teeth and more hardy making them easier to keep.
Basically if you inbreed plants “or what ever” all the possible positive traits “hyper adaptations” you were selecting for are more likely to build up faster “good”; how ever all the negative traits all will stack together like if one plant is week to spider mites and if the breeder unknowingly breeds it to another plant that’s week to spider mites the chances are raised every generation, the best thing to do is to try to find none related individual “or distance enough relatives” with similar traits you desire to pair together speeding you’re breeding project up and making it more stable at the same time.
I am tryin to transplant a flytrap for the 1st time and I accidentally bought and of “PETE”well I thought it was Pete. But in small print it says a Pete alternative. It looks like Pete but shld I use it or get new. I’m tryin to rescue a Walmart plant,lol and it has been almost a week and they still in same pot
This is a nice introduction to the subject.
For any newbies who might be watching, though, I’ll mention that this discussion of genetics is highly simplified. If you’re serious about breeding for selected traits, you’ll want to investigate plant genetics in greater depth.
Gregor Mendel’s genetic experiments (with pea plants) are extremely interesting. There’s something of a consensus that he fudged his experimental data to make it fit his theory. Yet his theory was essentially correct. His insight that some genes are dominant, while others are recessive, and that genes work in pairs, one from each parent, has been tremendously useful.
This wasn’t a video about cultivating varieties of venus flytraps as much as it was just a video about breeding varieties in general. Like I want to see how people pollinate and what the set up is and how many plants you reliably need to find mutations, etc
Keep in mind, if you want to sell a cultivat by clone, YOU CAN NOT SELL THEIR SEED, it has to be rooted leaf cuttings or flower stalk cuttings, because the seed may not be completely the same, which will then take the "cultivar" title out of your venus flytrap. Cultivars are also plants that you want to keep the same, that you want to clone, make copies, not different offspring.
I should try this some day. Maybe not this spring because my Venus Flytraps are not as healthy as I would like
It’ll be a good activity!
Thanks bro, people need to watch this. I asked someone if he was selling a B52 or DCXL cultivar, he replied with "?". 😂
😂😂😂 oof
If they don’t know what they’re selling, you can’t really call it any particular cultivar. It still might be interesting for breeding (if it has some desirable trait), but you won’t know just what you’re starting with.
Also beware of people who spuriously label plants. Someone might have a plant they think “looks like” a B52, and advertise it as a B52. If you don’t care, that’s fine. But if you want to know just what genes you’re working with, it’s not a B52 unless you can trace its descent back to the original B52 stock.
Great vid! Regards from Alberta
Love your vids every video u post I learn something new
I’m glad :)
I have a few traits I want to start breeding for once thicker and taller stem, another is larger traps, another could be more see through traps, stronger traps with thicker stronger teeth and more hardy making them easier to keep.
Dionaea muscipula 'deathcube' is the most common cultivar sold in big box stores.
The “deathcube” trait is really more a matter of nurture than nature, though.
Basically if you inbreed plants “or what ever” all the possible positive traits “hyper adaptations” you were selecting for are more likely to build up faster “good”; how ever all the negative traits all will stack together like if one plant is week to spider mites and if the breeder unknowingly breeds it to another plant that’s week to spider mites the chances are raised every generation, the best thing to do is to try to find none related individual “or distance enough relatives” with similar traits you desire to pair together speeding you’re breeding project up and making it more stable at the same time.
Yes, perfect 👍🏼. In terms of genetics, it would be the “cousins”, these are the best genetics for animals at least if I’m not mistaken.
B52 and alien vft’s both have massive traps or ‘mouths’ but has anyone considered breeding both?
I thought the same thing with B52 + DCXL. I have both of these, im planning to try to cross them next year in summer/spring when they hopefully flower
nicely explained, good video.
I love your vids
Which cultivar is the really tall one that you showed in the intro?
I think you’re referring to DCXL :)
Thank you, kind sir
What potting mix do you recommend for Venus fly traps?
Sphagnum Peat and perlite 1:1
@@TheFlytrapGarden thank you so much for your quick response!
No worries
Do you have any guides for growing carnivorous plants in South East Asia? Is our sun too strong for them?
I live in Australia and it’s not too strong for them. I know it’s tropical there and I don’t have any experience growing them in the tropics
You can always use shading nets/UV plastic for that
@@darwansebastian9286 thanks for the advise. 😁
@@ronwong2103 you can use uv plastic, also in the summer you can use both a uv plastic sheet and net shade :)
Do have an idea about G-16 ?
What if I did this with the dxcl and the alien vfts
If you crossed them, who knows what you’d get? It might just revert to the wild type. But you might get something new and interesting.
Most reliable source?
I am tryin to transplant a flytrap for the 1st time and I accidentally bought and of “PETE”well I thought it was Pete. But in small print it says a Pete alternative. It looks like Pete but shld I use it or get new. I’m tryin to rescue a Walmart plant,lol and it has been almost a week and they still in same pot
I have flytrap that produces traps with 8-10 trigger hairs instead of usual 6
That’s awesome!!!
That’s very cool! See if you can breed it, or at least propagate it vegetatively.
they rip you off at big and small. you cant carry a cultivar and the concept of big and small. good luck with exams.