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Post by Flytrap on Apr 3, 2007 19:10:41 GMT -5
I just received a clump of this beautiful terrestrial bladderwort. This adds to my gigantic collection (ha ha) of four butterworts. Any of you grow it? I was quite amazed of the size of it. The leaves are at least 8 to 10 inches long. I can't wait to see the violet flower. Here are some pics of it ....lifted off the net. (mine hasn't flowered yet) I have enough to split it into four clumps. Sib has talked me into donating one clump as a prize for correctily guessing the size of her N truncata pitcher contest. The other three will be made available for trading some sundews or flytraps... and I will give these trades back to my friend. Thanks. David
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Post by tom on Apr 3, 2007 19:20:29 GMT -5
I used to grow it, it is pretty easy, but flowering isn't achieve that easily, although it is not hard to flower. It is a definitive good addition to any collection, and you can realize that 'it is worthy' once you saw it in flower, it has nothing to envy to orchids!
"add it to your collection of four butterworts" Bladderwort?
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Post by Flytrap on Apr 3, 2007 19:27:06 GMT -5
yes... oops bladderworts. Heck, butter , bladder ... all the same to this ol' pitcher plant guy ...Now my own bladder is calling me. Gotta go
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Post by lloyd on Apr 3, 2007 21:20:00 GMT -5
Those plants look totally different from mine. My plants are all straggly with long flat twisty stolons and sort of aerial roots sticking up all over with traps. Maybe because it's in a super humid terrarium with no sun just diffused sunlight. Also no soil, it just grows on aquarium gravel.
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Post by Syble on Apr 3, 2007 21:48:57 GMT -5
What a gorgeous plant! It really is on par with orchids, reminds me of a lilac oncidium! Thanks flytrap! Sib
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Post by mabudon on Apr 4, 2007 8:03:33 GMT -5
Mine's in spike right now (originally from Tommy a few years back)
The flowering is as stated, easy but not... mine only flowers once a year, putting up one spike that holds 2-5 flowers
I have posted this elsewheres but may as well say it here too.
I grow it on a south-facing windowsill year-round, 4" pot, mix of peat/sand Many folks grow it in artificial setups and I believe you might see more flowers that way. In my setup, it grows like MAD from mid-may to october, then it starts to look awful- signalling the end of the awful period, a flower spike rises in feb-march, to flower in April (should flower in about a week) The plant itself looks crummy until after the flowers open, then it goes nuts
Never noticed a scent from the flowers, but they are HUGE (maybe 4 cm across and about the same "deep") and last for a week or two each- hopefully a decent cam is about when it opens
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Post by Flytrap on Apr 4, 2007 11:07:26 GMT -5
Wow... with flowers like these, no wonder there are so many of you out there who are into bladderworts. Thanks for the tips mabudon ... can't wait to see flowers on these over here.
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Post by mabudon on Apr 4, 2007 11:45:04 GMT -5
One more tip, FT- you REALLY have to believe that it's not going to flower, IME that's the only way to really get it to happen
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Post by mabudon on May 3, 2007 8:04:21 GMT -5
Well, I was wrong to some degree- the thing is STILL in spike, every time I look at it I expect the tip to be brown and dying, but no- slowly, SOOO slowly, the flowers are forming, looks like I should have 3-5 of them, hopefully 2 at the same time, which is what happened last year, 2 big ones and a third smaller one later
At this rate I am SURE I will get someone with a camera over here while they are open and lookin good (thinkin about Jay here- he has to come over with his "trip" pics soon anyways I hope)
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Post by vraev on May 3, 2007 9:43:18 GMT -5
meh! I'll stick with utricularia calcifyda.You got to have this bladderwort. Its amazing. Soo cute little leaves. I'm going to do the impossible...I'll let it colonise my terrarium (new revised landscape)
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Post by mabudon on May 4, 2007 8:32:09 GMT -5
Oh, I have that species too, just haven't added it to me list yet, it IS very nice, almost like lily pads
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Post by Syble on May 6, 2007 21:10:11 GMT -5
wonder where you got that hehe Sib
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