Venus Flytrap 'Chinese Dumpling' – The Chubby Little Bug Muncher 🥟🪰🌿

🌱🌱 Intermediate "A little picky - but worth it"

Meet Venus Flytrap 'Chinese Dumpling', one of the cutest and most unusual Venus Flytrap cultivars you'll ever own. Instead of long, flat traps, this quirky collector favorite produces short, rounded, dumpling-shaped traps that give it an irresistibly plump appearance.

Don't let the adorable looks fool you—this little dumpling is still a highly effective carnivore. Each trap snaps shut in a fraction of a second when an unsuspecting insect triggers its sensitive hairs, making every feeding a fascinating front-row show.

Compact, unique, and packed with personality, Chinese Dumpling is the perfect addition for collectors or anyone who believes plants should be just a little weird.

Cute enough to cuddle.
Hungry enough to eat the bugs.

⚠️ Important Shipping Callout
📦 This plant ships in a 2" pot.  It is not recommended to repot Venus Flytraps as disturbance of the roots can delay growth.

Every Chinese Dumpling Flytrap is unique. Trap shape, size, and coloration naturally vary throughout the growing season, making each plant one of a kind.

Plant Characteristics

• Rare collector cultivar
• Rounded, dumpling-like traps
• Compact growth habit
• Fast insect-catching action
• Excellent natural fungus gnat and fly control
• Perfect for beginners and collectors alike

Water:
• Use ONLY distilled, rain, or reverse osmosis water
• Keep soil consistently moist using the tray method
• Never allow to dry out completely

Feeding:
• Catches its own insects
• No fertilizer needed
• Avoid triggering traps unnecessarily, as each trap has a limited lifespan

• Carnivorous plant soil mix
• Sphagnum peat moss with perlite or silica sand
🚫 No fertilizer soil, compost, or standard potting mix

Like all Venus Flytraps, Chinese Dumpling requires an annual winter dormancy to remain healthy for years to come. It tolerates cool temperatures but should be protected from prolonged hard freezes when grown in containers.

Dormancy:

• Winter

Growing Zones (unless Indoors):

• 8b
• 8a
• 9b
• 9a
• 7a
• 7b

Native Area:

Cultivar derived from species native to North and South Carolina, USA

• Rhizome division
• Tissue culture
(Cultivar characteristics are best preserved through vegetative propagation.)

• Indoors

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