Utricularia alpina
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Stanley
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Muckydoo
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I don't have perfect conditions to grow it, but it survives.
@Shoggoths has a really nice one posted here.
@Shoggoths has a really nice one posted here.
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dewy
Carnivore
I got a U. alpina the other day, and I’m wondering what these eat, both in the wild and cultivation. I can’t imagine that there would be many tiny water fleas and infusoria swimming around I. the tree branches where they grow. So what do the epiphytic utrics eat? And what can I feed it?
The water that drains from your plants will have all sorts of life in it. Try using it on your U. Alpina.
dewy
Carnivore
Just the CPs right? ‘Cause lots of my other plants have fertilizers in them which I don’t think is good.
Yes, just the CP's.
Years ago i had quite a large collection of utrics that grew quite well and i never really worried about feeding them. They always seemed to have stuff in their traps. I suppose if you were worried you go find some soggy moss and wring it out into your pots/watering troughs and that would probably establish a population on something they'd feed on.
Muckydoo
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This pot just popped out 3 fresh flower stalks after over a year!
What was the trigger?
Well I left for a couple of weeks and I didn't turn the air conditioner on because I forgot, and luckily we didn't get really warm temps here except for a few days but with the lights being on and no air movement at all, the temperatures did increase by three or four degrees over average. Normally I would turn the house circulation fan on just to get air movement and stabilize temperatures throughout the house but with me not being here that didn't happen.
A bunch of pings also broke out of winter mode at the same time.
What was the trigger?
Well I left for a couple of weeks and I didn't turn the air conditioner on because I forgot, and luckily we didn't get really warm temps here except for a few days but with the lights being on and no air movement at all, the temperatures did increase by three or four degrees over average. Normally I would turn the house circulation fan on just to get air movement and stabilize temperatures throughout the house but with me not being here that didn't happen.
A bunch of pings also broke out of winter mode at the same time.
Smilodonichthys
Carnivorous Plant Addict
Interesting. The Utricularia alpina "Henri Pittier" I got from you is just now putting out a flower spike too. The night temps in my grow tent are warming up a little but I've been keeping it under 20°c days since I got it. Is that one also "Henri Pittier"?
Muckydoo
Carnivorous Plant Addict
This U. alpina doesn't get special attention. The leaves are small and thick to the point of almost being rubbery. It constantly loses its leaves and has to make new ones. I see some people have plants that put out a flower stalks with five or six flowers on it. I usually only get one or two. But it's easy to grow, and I like the flowers, so I'll always have room for it!
Also the "space foil" I have on the wall to reflect the light makes for some interesting reflections. I zoomed in on this and I think it looks a little bit like a cross between that guy from the Goonies and a Chihuahua.
Also the "space foil" I have on the wall to reflect the light makes for some interesting reflections. I zoomed in on this and I think it looks a little bit like a cross between that guy from the Goonies and a Chihuahua.
Mine never flowered. It had some nice tubers for a while, then dwindled and I gave it away, hoping someone would rescue it.