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Close up of open and partially closed traps with shark jaws aspect |
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Dionaea X 'Jaws' is named for the "shark"
like aspect of the partially closed traps. A mutant wild
Dionaea (Venus' Fly Trap) with dentate(CSUF Clone
"dentata") rather than ciliate margins was used to pollinate a
"normal" margined plant that had extra large traps(CSUF Clone Misc
2-1) with moderate red coloration on the interior portions of the
lobes. The margins of the trap are dentate like the pollen parent,
but larger, reflecting the characteristics of the seed parent. This
hybrid was created at California State University, Fullerton's
Biological Sciences Greenhouse Complex by Leo C. Song, Jr. on 03 June
1993. The plant is vigorous and has consistantly large traps and good
coloration. Even though the traps do not have normal cilia, they do
trap insects. At Cal State, the plant is growing outdoors under 50%
lath where it grows and flowers normally. Other siblings are being
evaluated.
It is planned that Dionaea X 'Jaws' will be
placed into tissue culture for wider dissemination.
An official registration of this cultivar will be published in the
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN), the official organ of the
International Carnivorous Plant Society, Inc. (ICPS), which is the
official registration authority of carnivorous plant cultivars.
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