Leafy said:Hi, I have been caring for a Venus flytrap and a hanging pitcher plant. I'm happy to report my Venus flytrap is flowering and my pitcher plant has new offshoots. I read that once the fly trap flowers it will likely die, I'm hoping it won't but if so, I hope to get some seeds. 
as for the pitcher plant, I think I'll need to separate them, I hope I don't kill it. Any suggested ways to safely do this would be awesome.
I have never had a healthy VFT die after flowering and producing seed. They have always come back even larger the next spring.
I think the tale started about the same time as the mistaken belief that VFT's are terrarium plants. When stressing the plants with too high a humidity, inadequate air circulation and inadequate light conditions that you find in most terrariums, it is not surprising that the plants would die.
The one time I cut off the flower stalks on my plants is during the first spring after dividing them. That way they do not put a lot of energy into producing seeds, instead of repairing the damage to the rhizomes from dividing.
