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Post by fredg on Jul 11, 2015 11:54:50 GMT
Utricularia praelonga, section Foliosa, a terrestrial bladderwort from South America. A bit of an oddity as it grows two very distinct types of leaves. One set small obovate and the other tall grass like, 20+cm (8+"). This is a quote that amused me, I believe it's from Barry Rice I do not have a problem getting it into flower.The inflorescence is long at around 40-50 cm (16 - 20") and tends just to flop over. Flowers are yellow. I'd grown it for a few years in a cold unheated greenhouse when all the winters were relatively mild until the winter of 2010-11 when the plant suffered temperatures down to -18 Celsius ( 0F). I naturally bought a replacement. However, I kept the old pot in a corner in the greenhouse just because it was covered in Drosera spatulata which had self seeded. When I took the photo of the foliage of the replacement I happened to glance across at the old pot and mixed up in the Drosera inflorescences were the tall leaves of U. praelonga so the plant isn't as tender as some may think. As can be seen on my Utricularia video/s, they're all still going strong.
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Post by fredg on Sept 9, 2015 16:38:28 GMT
This is one of the plants in a solar air pump tray. The shorter obovate leaves are bigger now than I have seen them for quite some time. It does appear to be enjoying the conditions.
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