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Venus Flytrap Seed Harvesting and Tissue Culture Resources

Seed Harvest: Flytrap seeds are shiny black spheres appearing ~2 months after flowering. See our "Seasons" video on cobraplant.com homepage for visual reference.

Tissue Culture: No published reliable protocol—CPs metabolize hormones differently. Labs are secretive. Resources:

International Carnivorous Plant Society journal archives (CD with membership).
Kitchen Culture Kit (kitchenculturekit.com) — Drosera capensis module.

We outsource tissue culture due to time intensity.

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