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RE: A new study has found that the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) can opt not to eat its pollinators!
Interesting stuff vlath!
So do the flowers grow out of the "jaws"?
Or does it shoot out more like a cactus does? 
Cheers,
No, the flowers kind of grow out of the base of the plant, so it's neither. Here's a picture of it:
Image by H. Zell, posted with the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
I also added the picture to the main post, so everyone can see how they are. Thanks for asking a great question, @dcj!