B52 Giant Venus Flytrap - Fly Trap - (Dionaea Muscipula) Carnivorous Plant 3.75 inch Pot

These arrived a few months ago, and there's not a bad thing I could say about these! Since they arrived in the mail, they've been growing like crazy! Instead of getting three, it arrived with four adorable little plants with multiple healthy traps on them. They were packaged very well using the moss as an insulator/stuffing wrapped around the flytraps which were in a small baggie with a damp paper towel wrapped around the roots and the rhizome. This was placed into the net pot. The packaging was fantastic overall! The mailman *sigh* squished the box while putting it into the little mailbox. However, all was well, and not a plant was harmed thanks to the ingenious packaging!Planted right away, I found it mildly difficult to put all four into one little pot (though I'll admit I am pretty clumsy and that's probably just me). After re-potting recently, I found it much easier to use a small object like a paintbrush end or pencil to stuff in the moss around the rhizome. Since I planted the four, they've "multiplied" and I now have around seven or eight plants!One issue I came across was purely my fault and was easily corrected; I figured I'd leave the netted pot sitting in a full bowl of distilled water so I'd only have to water it a few times a month. A few weeks later the traps began to yellow. Googled it, re-potted them with fresh moss, and kept the watering to a regulated amount and they came back as nice as ever!The traps themselves so far have ranged from about half an inch to three-quarters of an inch long. They're easy to grow for a beginner, and I would definitely recommend getting these! It might be "expensive", but they're very healthy, very beautiful flytraps well worth the price! There's no doubt I'll be back for more before long!

I ordered a small 3 pack of VFTs from Joel a month or two ago and they're taking off and overfilling the net pot. Since I had a great experience last time, I figured to jump in and get some more plants from him. I was not disappointed.The plant is a good size and very healthy. I planted it, as per the written and video instructions, and set them in a tray with water. I buy my bottled drinking water from the Dollar General. It's their in-house brand. Luckily, it's exactly what I need for the plants. 2 birds, 1 stone. I checked the water analysis from the bottler's site and it's 0ppm of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids). If you use bottled water, just make sure it is purified (Reverse Osmosis) WITHOUT added minerals (a lot of them do that--check the fine print), or just get distilled water.I feed my traps (you don't have to, but it's why we have them!) once or twice a month, depending if all of the traps are open. I feed 1 or 2 traps per plant at a time. They've been getting frozen/thawed bloodworms (I feed those to my African Clawed Frogs, Dwarf Frogs, and Betta fish) and the occasional small cricket (baby Tarantula food). These traps got a bloodworm last night.I see bad reviews from people and all I can think is that they aren't following the provided instructions or checking out Joel's (or anyone else's videos) on the proper care. I am a plant killer. Always have been. I am keeping these alive and thriving after watching Joel's and other reputable Carnivorous Plant Youtube channels, along with a lot of research. It's not hard at all. I am not buying that they were sent dead or dying plants. I got plants within a few days of some of the reviews and they were perfect.I will be buying more plants from Joel.I will also be copy/pasting this review for another plant I bought at the same time because I can't think of anything different to say about it.The thing in the brown pot is an experiment from Lowe's "The Bug Biting Plant Kit." I don't have high hopes for it, lol.

Ordered August 14. Paid extra for expedited shipping since it was a live plant and I wanted to give it the best chance... they shipped it August 15 and arrived August 20.Looked super sad and limp when I opened the package, yellowing, one trap black already, several leaves damaged. There was no damage to the package and it was padded by the included moss. Packaging appeared to be sufficient... so have a feeling it wasn't in great shape before it even left their door.I immediately opened the package and set it up according to the instructions, following every last detail. Photo attached is what it looked like right out of the mail, immediately after I set it up with the included pot and moss, and placed in a bowl of distilled water in a window with lots of sun. Some of the negative reviews here are from people who clearly didn't follow instructions. I'm not one of them. Intelligent person here with lots of varied plant care experience that can also follow directions, FYI.This was going to be a gift for somebody. I ordered it a few weeks in advance because I know it's tricky to mail a live plant, and that it might need some time to perk back up and recover. But it hasn't perked back up. Most of the remaining leaves and traps have one by one also turned black, now as of September 1.So between the plant and the expedited shipping, I spent 40 bucks on a nearly dead plant that will in no way be a presentable gift. Maybe for their birthday... next year.All that said, it's not dead. There are two new leaves/traps emerging. Signs of life yet. I'm going to care for it, and it may recover eventually. Perhaps if I can get it to limp on through it's winter dormancy, I might have a decent plant bounce back next spring. But obviously this purchase missed the mark for my purpose. I had to get a different birthday gift yesterday since this in no way looks like anything I want to give to anyone.Long story short, don't expect it to look anything like the pictures. And don't disregard all the negative reviews - I assumed they were people who couldn't follow instructions - no, many of them have valid complaints you should consider as a potential buyer. Those in the product pictures are happy healthy plants that haven't spent 5 days in a box traveling by trucks. The one you receive might not look anything like those, and you may have a long wait and a lot of plant-care ahead of you to nurse it to a healthy condition. Not a good gift idea. It was better than nothing, but not by much, unfortunately. An interesting plant, I was super excited, but feel super let down. I hope it pulls through so it's not a total waste.