Dionaea muscipula 'Shell Tooth' - Venus Fly Trap (Rare Clone)

Dionaea muscipula ‘Shell Tooth’ is a distinctive and highly sought-after Venus Flytrap clone, notable for its unusual, smooth-edged traps that lack the typical marginal teeth. This rare cultivar produces rounded, shell-like trap margins, giving the plant a soft, sculptural appearance unlike standard forms.

Distinctive Features

• Toothless Traps: Traps lack the elongated marginal cilia seen in typical Venus Flytraps, instead forming smooth, rounded edges reminiscent of small shells.
• Compact Growth: Plants remain relatively low-growing and compact, forming neat rosettes over time.
• All-Green Appearance: Traps and foliage are usually green, with limited or no red pigmentation even under strong light.
• Rare Clone: ‘Shell Tooth’ is considered uncommon in cultivation and is especially prized by collectors of unusual trap morphologies.

Care Tips

• Light: Bright light to full sun is recommended for strong growth, though colour change is minimal due to the clone’s genetics.
• Water: Keep soil consistently moist using rainwater, distilled, or reverse osmosis (RO) water only.
• Growing Medium: Use a nutrient-poor carnivorous plant mix such as sphagnum peat with perlite or silica sand.
• Feeding: Plants grown outdoors will catch their own prey. Avoid fertilisers and do not trigger traps unnecessarily.
• Seasonality: Like all Venus Flytraps, this clone experiences slower growth during cooler months, which is normal.

Please note: Images are representative. Individual plants may vary slightly in size and trap shape depending on season and growing conditions.