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Post by fredg on Jul 11, 2015 16:59:27 GMT
There's nothing so annoying as the straight species Utricularia bisquamata. It seeds itself everywhere if the seed pods are left on and will contaminate a Utricularia collection in double quick time. It usually turns up as a hitchhiker, not just from amateur collections either. Having said that it's not an unattractive flower, even if it is small. I try to control it by dead heading, that keeps it within the confines of its own pot.  A far more attractive plant is Stephen Morley's cultivar Utricularia bisquamata 'Betty's Bay'. It has much larger flowers and in my experience doesn't seed itself around. This is one of MrsG's favourites   There are other forms, of which I have some specimens, that are variously described and we will see how they progress in the Solar air pump test. |
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Post by fredg on Dec 3, 2015 16:22:13 GMT
I gathered together all the invasive form of U. bisquamata I could find and lumped it together in a deep 10" saucer. It sits outside, well away from any other carnivorous plant, with no protection. It's evidently still enjoying itself in December.  |
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Post by fredg on Jun 2, 2016 17:51:58 GMT
I put a small section of 'Betty's Bay' in the 'Othello' tray last year. it appears to be enjoying it's new habitat. Please excuse the focussing, I was shooting through the polycarbonate  I am noticing that everything that I add or is self-set in the Darlingtonia trays perform earlier and often better than those in their individual pots. |
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Post by fredg on Jun 4, 2016 14:54:41 GMT
I've shown the cute Betty's Bay above so to equal it up here's "The Thug". It's also cute if you keep it jailed confined to it's own pot but don't turn your back for too long.  |
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Post by fredg on Jun 17, 2016 15:56:25 GMT
'Betty's Bay' in the Othello tray is getting betterer and betterer   Again shot through the poycarbonate |
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Post by fredg on Jun 28, 2016 11:42:22 GMT
Need I say anything?  |
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Post by fredg on Jul 10, 2016 15:51:57 GMT
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Post by fredg on Jul 24, 2016 18:00:40 GMT
Not a short flowering season on this one   |
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 31, 2016 8:11:06 GMT
Nice pictures Fred, these may be one of the most common and invasive Utricularia but the sheer exuberance of the flowers never fails to make me smile. Mine too have been flowering for a long time this season.  |
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 16, 2019 11:30:44 GMT
My first inflorescences of the year of what I think is ‘Betty’s Bay’ Due to my habit of mixing old peat with new potting material these are popping up all over the place, although I don’t remember throwing any supposedly dead plants away. |
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Post by dvg on Jun 16, 2019 16:31:01 GMT
The flowers are delightful!  A bit of a blessing that 'Betty's Bay' popped up, rather than it''s rowdier sibling, the regular and much weedier U. bisquamata.And thank goodness it wasn't the ubiquitous, cleistogamous subulata, that infects so many CP pots, usually as a hitchhiker or stowaway, and is generally not very welcome, upon its eventual discovery... ...it's kinda like what used to be called a "social disease", but for CPs. dvg |
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Post by fredg on Jun 18, 2019 18:19:13 GMT
I don't mind the so called 'weedier' variety. It's only a problem if it gets into other Utric pots. I have it rearing its head in several Drosera and Dionaea pots where it just adds a little colour.
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Post by dvg on Jun 18, 2019 19:17:46 GMT
Uh huh  It's reared its seedy head, indeed, best bet's beheading - then quarantined... next best: bleached and burnt - that's guaranteed!  dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 10, 2019 16:56:09 GMT
More ‘Bettys Bay’ it just looked so bright in the dull light. Attachments:
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Post by fredg on Jul 5, 2020 14:20:34 GMT
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not here it isn't