Utricularia 2013

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We'll kick this off with Utricularia dichotoma 

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Utricularia sandersonii

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Utricularia bisquamata "Betty's Bay"

[Maggi Young]

These blooms are quite unusual in their shapes, aren't they?   What a wide range of interesting plants you grow, Fred.

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Well we do like a little variety Maggi  . These little Utricularia are so easy too, some of their bigger brothers an sisters are not so hardy but there's a few hardy types to keep the mix interesting.
That Utricularia sandersonii could run amok if allowed to seed in the right conditions. Utricularia bisquamata has the same reputation but "Betty's Bay", while having much larger flowers than the typical species, doesn't in my experience seed around at all.

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An addition to Utricularia bisquamata "Betty's Bay"

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Utricularia livida (blue)

[K-D Keller]

Add new Utricularia praelonga.
And more pictures from Utricularia bisquamata, Utricularia livida, Utricularia sandersonii.

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Yipee! I'm not alone 

Nice U.praelonga, I was very surprised just how hardy that one is. Mine is not in flower yet this year.

[Rogan]

No, you're certainly not alone!   

My favorite picture is of U. prehensilis twining up a Xyris sp. flower stalk - both are easy to grow; the Xyris tends to seed around but the Utricularia doesn't.

[K-D Keller]

Yipee! I'm not alone 

Nice U.praelonga, I was very surprised just how hardy that one is. Mine is not in flower yet this year.

Yes, you are not alone. I think there are a lot of interesting carnivorous plants out there
I cultivate my U. praelonga and the others not colder than 0-1°C without any problems.

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My U praelonga went down to about -18C (0F) in the winter of 2010-11. I only kept the pot because of some self sown Drosera. Last year the U.praelonga reappeared. This year it is filling the entire pot.

[Maggi Young]

My U praelonga went down to about -18C (0F) in the winter of 2010-11. I only kept the pot because of some self sown Drosera. Last year the U.praelonga reappeared. This year it is filling the entire pot.

Crikey- I'd never have thought it could take that low a temperature  - and thank goodness for the seedling Drosera which saved the pot!   An ill wind, and all that, eh?

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An aquatic bladderwort, Utricularia gibba. This one I have in a bucket. In habitat it grows on every continent bar Antarctica. Reputedly very easy, some would say like a weed.

[Hoy]

I pictured these Utricularias in Venezuela 2 years ago and now I wonder, does anybody grow them? I couldn't collect plants there as it was in a National Park and the seed wasn't ripe. I would like to grow them if possible.

Utricularia campbelliana and U. quelchii