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Post by lloyd on Apr 10, 2009 20:25:44 GMT -5
I just felt there should be a CP related post today.
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Post by tom on Apr 10, 2009 22:29:01 GMT -5
I second both affirmations with pics gathered over the CP photo finder there's a few species and hybrids that i find either interesting or noteworthy.. i tried to restrain myself, but with more than 200 species to choose from, its a bit hard (and im a fan of Nicole Rebbert utric pictures!)(http://www.utricularien.de) Sorry for those on dial-up... U. alpina Utricularia arnhemica Utricularia biloba Utricularia campbelliana Utricularia capilliflora Utricularia fulva Utricularia aff. garettii Utricularia graminifolia form?/purpurescens? Utricularia humboldtii (to taunt Lloyd ) U. inaequalis and Polypompholyx/utricularia multifida U. kamienskii U. leptoplectra U. longifolia U. mannii U. menziesii U. quelchii U. simmonsii (smallest utricularia), recently described U. 'Betty's Bay' U. 'Jitka'
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Post by muscipula on Apr 10, 2009 22:54:13 GMT -5
Nice blooms that you have there tom, nice images i must add.
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Post by tael on Apr 11, 2009 0:43:44 GMT -5
Bladderworts are awesome! I especially like that u. campbelliana, what a colour! Thanks for posting these tom
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Post by tom on Apr 11, 2009 9:15:02 GMT -5
I've found one Lloyd! U. subulata, cleistogamous flowers Hard to kill, hard to love... But i think Mab is really loving them though
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Post by mabudon on Apr 11, 2009 9:45:30 GMT -5
Don't make me delete that post Tommy...
Oddly enough tho mine is actually flowering, but the damn tiny flowers are hard to get pics of- they are truly nice (and for every flower I get LOTS of duds as seen above) but the species itself is a genuine troublemaker
Nice little "revue" to post Tommy, there's a couple I haven't seen in that group- with Utricularia capilliflora being particularly exciting to look at, that's a flower even *a* could love!
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Post by tom on Apr 11, 2009 9:53:12 GMT -5
"Don't make me delete that post Tommy..." Ouououooou I'm shaking in fear of the powerful metal king Just kidding My pleasure! i went through a lot of those pictures lately for seeds order and plants order... so my fav we're easy to find back and post lol. I tried to post a bit of variety, although a lot we're left behind (twining Utric for example... but posting some of them IN FLOWER could offend some moderator )
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Post by lloyd on Apr 11, 2009 15:06:31 GMT -5
I'm in shock. I want ALL those utrics. NOW! My humboldtii spike looks like it's going vegetative on me. I don't think I'll see flowers this year. Stop taunting me, I can't take it anymore.
Actually I liked the little subulata garden I used to have before it took over and I had to microwave it.
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Post by tom on Apr 11, 2009 15:28:03 GMT -5
microwaving utrics? wow... never thought of that. Talk about being radical lol! lloyd, a lot of those species are offered in the catalog i posted you (a lot are already on my list lol)
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Post by hal on Apr 11, 2009 15:32:26 GMT -5
Hmmm. Maybe I can get my wife interested in these. The flowers are gorgeous. I have some U. alpina seeds that haven't done anything yet.
Are utrics difficult to grow? What sort of light levels do they need?
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Post by tael on Apr 11, 2009 16:36:14 GMT -5
They're pretty easy I think Hal, for the most part. You can just put them with your other CPs for lighting. I think the hard thing is getting some of the species to BLOOM. There are some easy terrestrial utrics you could start out with though. Like u. sandersonii is a really cute one that blooms easily, and livida. Graminifolia is easy too supposedly. Some of the bigger or macro utrics I think they are called, like humboltdii and I think alpina? Cause be harder to convince to flower.
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Post by blokeman on Apr 12, 2009 6:22:06 GMT -5
thanks for the nice pics tom, i especially like the U. menziesii. nice color!
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Post by mabudon on Apr 12, 2009 7:43:10 GMT -5
Hal- they're about how Tael said in general. Windowsill light is fine for many if not all of them, and they grow fine in peat/sand or even just waterlogged LFS (in some cases anyways)
Some species groups (the lithophytes and a couple others) are actually tricky to grow let alone get to flower.
Flowering is cued by different things, usually involving lower temps and slightly drier conditions. As Tael said, the "easy" ones flower pretty much constantly. Also important to note, besides the true macro Utrics the flowers on many of them are VERY small.
Oh and from my experience, a good rule is the nicer the flower, the more of a PITA it will be to actually see one on your specimen.
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Post by lloyd on Apr 12, 2009 13:39:32 GMT -5
Utrics are wonderful. Nobody shall dare trash-talk bladderworts in my thread!
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Post by tael on Apr 12, 2009 14:36:45 GMT -5
Haha lloyd! There should be more utric enthusiasts around here! Though there are more than I thought there were.
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