Question
Hello, I wanted to ask what plants would be good for a begginer like me. I asked around and they said venus fly traps were good but i wanted to ask someone with experience.

Answer
Hello Sergio--

All carnivorous plants have a few strict rules, but these rules are easy to learn and to follow if you are truly interested in carnivorous plants and want to learn how to grow them.

Venus Flytraps are easy to grow although they need a dormancy period each winter, almost like a sleeping period for humans, and some people have a little difficulty understanding how to change the Venus Flytrap's environment and growing conditions during dormancy. The Cape Sundew (Drosera capensis) is even easier than a Venus Flytrap and requires no dormancy; it grows all year.

The basic requirements for Venus Flytraps, sundews such as Drosera capensis and most carnivorous plants are: very pure water with virtually no minerals or other dissolved solids in it, such as collected rain water, distilled water or water from reverse osmosis, and a growing medium that is likewise very poor in soluble material and has almost no nutrients, and that is composed of a mixture of several recommended ingredients such as sphagnum peat moss, silica sand (sand composed almost entirely of silicon dioxide (quartz), not river or beach sand), and perlite.

So I would recommend a Venus Flytrap or a Cape Sundew as a first carnivorous plant, whichever interests you more. To read and learn all about growing them and keeping them healthy and happy, visit a website such as FlytrapCare.com which has a large amount of important and useful information about Venus Flytraps and other carnivorous plants.

If you would like to see pictures of the Cape Sundew, various Venus Flytraps and other carnivorous plants, I recommend long-time carnivorous plant grower Bob Ziemer's CP (carnivorous plant) Photo Finder website.

Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder
http://www.cpphotofinder.com/

Venus Flytrap Care and Forum
http://flytrapcare.com/

Best wishes,
Steve