I've convinced myself one of these carnivorous insect attracting and consuming plants would be the perfect solution to our indoor fly problem! We have no idea HOW they are getting in, but we'll get up to a dozen flies a day in our kitchen on a bad day... One or two at least on a good day!

I'm sick of spraying them, the fumes are noxious and if we have dishes on the bench it means they ALL need washing again... Or worse if I haven't quite got around to putting the food away from the previous meal, a thoughtless spray means it's ALL in the bin!!

I'm tired of swatting them then having to clean up fly guts and dead flies off the bench/window/sink/cupboards daily. I'm also worried I will damage our new blinds in my desperation to splat a rogue fly.

My husband is far from convinced that a venus flytrap would be a solution. He thinks other factors like if there was something pongy in the bin or a dirty dish on the sink, that the flies would be more interested in that than the flytrap itself.

Then there's the problem of them apparently requiring a terranium (sp?) or other form of humid environment to live in... and the fact that if you don't have any flies around, you need to go hunt one down to keep your plant healthy and happy.

I just wondered if anyone out there was experienced with these plants and whether they would be of any use indoors as an environmentally fly control method, or would they create more problems than they solved???

Pete,
There are several large clones available. Generally traps get up to around 1 1/2" with good culture. Clones like Big Mouth, Big Traps, Giant and South West Giant generally attain this size The maximum size of the giant forms can vary but generally the size difference is minor and highly dependant on culture.