Venus Flytrap Seedlings Show Growth-Related Prey Size Specificity

Table 1

Growth of Venus flytrap seedlings under different prey availability (mm). SWCP is the provider of 60 plants. Related 1 is 60 plants grown from seed and divided into the treatment subsets. Related 2 is a further 60 plants grown from seed and divided into the treatment subsets.

	Mean initial trap; length per plant			Mean initial trap; length per plant	Standard; deviation	Mean final trap; length per plant			Mean final trap; length per plant	Standard; deviation	Overall change in trap; length as proportion; of initial length	P value
	SWCP	Related 1	Related 2			SWCP	Related 1	Related 2
Soil	3.94	2.35	2.24	2.84	1.05	5.09	3.09	3.18	3.79	1.16	1.33	<0.01
Soil and Aerial	3.59	2.64	2.38	2.87	0.69	4.49	3.19	3.29	3.66	0.87	1.27	<0.01
Absent	2.86	2.35	2.20	2.47	0.57	3.32	2.40	2.75	2.82	0.58	1.14	—