Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
Dionaea muscipula ‘Wacky Traps’ is a cultivar of Dionaea muscipula the Venus flytrap. Dionaea muscipula ‘Wacky Traps’ was a clone produced by Cresco Nursery in the Netherlands through tissue culture. This particular clone was discovered in a tray of a bunch of mutants by Mike Ross. It has also been called Bart Simpson coined by Ed Read because of the resemblance of the plant to the animated character’s spiky hair. The plant is an extremely slow grower.