Assessing Venus Flytrap Survival After a 3-Week Dry Period

A Venus flytrap in Ohio dried out for three weeks. The grower watered it immediately but wanted to know if it could still be alive without waiting until spring.

Quick Check

• Unpot the plant and examine the rhizome.
• Firm, white rhizome = likely alive. Keep watered and wait for spring growth.
• Shriveled, brown, or mushy rhizome = dead.

If caught at the first sign of wilting, flytraps sometimes bounce back. After three weeks, survival is unlikely but not impossible if some moisture remained in the soil.