The Dallas carnivorous plant gallery has closed its doors after its founder says the rent just got too high.
The Heliamphora minor plant nicknamed"Plowshare" is a South American marsh pitcher plant that eats small insects who fly into its tubular foliage.One of the unique botanical attractions in Dallas-Fort Worth is gone.
One of his neighbors was also driving away some of his nighttime visitors by holding raucous parties, he says. The Texas Triffid Ranch, named after the fictional, alien, killer plant species in John Wyndham's novelhoused an impressive collection of carnivorous plants that Riddell says he started amassing in 2015. The ranch housed around 100 species of carnivorous plants such as Venus fly traps and various North American pitcher plants.
Riddell says he made the hard decision to close the ranch in January and started donating or selling his plants to places he knew could take good care of them. If you didn't get a chance to visit Riddell's gallery, you'll be able to see some of his carnivorous plants at the Dallas Arboretum's children's garden. Riddell says the arboretum plans to create a mobile exhibition of its Venus fly traps sometime in the future.
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