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U. subulata flower, FINALLY!

Well, just yesterday, when I just came home from school, I saw a teeny little yellow thing in my D. capensis's pot (pretty smart, huh?). And it was actually a real flower from U. subulata. It has only been making those annoying cleistogamous flowers for months. Now I see a real flower! But I wanted to know, is this some kind of form, since the three lobes aren't connected?

Here are the pics:

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Don't worry, I didn't take it off the stalk.

-Ben
 
Ben, don't know about what form it is, but U. subulata is the weed of all weeds in the CP world. Be afraid..... be very afraid.
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I am. 'Cept it's growing in my D. capensis's pot, which kinda makes it a double whamy. As long as I never let the seed pods fall into any other pots, I figure it should be fine.
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-Ben
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] ] U. subulata is the weed of all weeds in the CP world.
I thought U. bisquamata was the weed. At least it is the weed around here. I have U. bisquamata popping up in several pots here. I recieved a plug of U. subulata recently and am wondering if it's gonna make it. The fungus gnat larvae (see above thread) might eat it up before it has a chance to establish itself.
 
U.bisquamata, U. sandersonii, U. livida, and U. subulata are very weedy - ut subulata is the dandelion of CP-dom! They are way too successful for their own good - pretty flower and all!
 
WHo says its a bad thing though?

Cheers
 
They have a tendency to get into other pots and take over.
 
And as a result of contaminating other pots, especially other small utric. species, it makes it next to impossible to keep a species pure. Not a good thing where utric. specialists are concerned.
 
An effective method of preventing cross contamination of utricularia species is to wrap each pot in a tall sleeve of clear, thin acetate plastic (available in craft/hobby stores). You would need to be growing the plants in round pots in order to make a good sleeve. The concept is much like the protective plastic sleeves that cut flowers and African Violets are sold in. The pots can be nestled up against each other without too much worry about seed fallng into other pots. I think an 8 inch sleeve should work wonders...provided you have a bright enough light source above.

Just a thought
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philcula, that sounds like a cool idea. Except for the fact that I like U. subulata.
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Anywho, I just got back from a school trip, and noticed another U. subulata flower. I'll just have to hope for more. Oh, and thanks Dyflam!

-Ben
 
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I find that my U. bisquamata never flowers indoors, and the U. subulata only produces claistogamous flowers.

However, when I grow either species outside, they flower like crazy in spring, as it warms up; first, the U. subulata, then the U. bisquamata.

I plan to try an experiment, placing a pot of each in the fridge for 6 weeks, and then returning to the grow chamber, to see if the temp change triggers flowering artificially.
 
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I've had both species flower for me inside and subulata did the cleistogamous thing outside. I'm more inclined, with my limited sample size, that this correlational, as opposed to causality.
 
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Just so ya know, it's still making flowers :-D

-Ben
 
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[b said:
Quote[/b] (Drosera36 @ Mar. 22 2006,4:32)]But I wanted to know, is this some kind of form, since the three lobes aren't connected?
U. subulata is very pleiomorphic, your plant is not a special form it is just one of a million diffferent veriations on flower structure. I have seen differences in individual flowers on the "one" clone that has managed to take hold in my binata complex pots. Don;t be suprised if the flowers on your switch up to some "new" shape
 
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[b said:
Quote[/b] (jimscott @ April 24 2006,8:53)]I've had both species flower for me inside and subulata did the cleistogamous thing outside. I'm more inclined, with my limited sample size, that this correlational, as opposed to causality.
I have only once seen my U. bisquamata flower inside, and the U subulata never produced yellow flowers inside.

Two years in a row, however, I see the U subulata produce scores of yellow flowers in Spring, and shortly afterwards, the U. bisquamata does the same... and then, as it gets hotter, the U. bisquamata stops flowering, and the U. subulata continues producing cleistogamous flowers.

I'll run a controlled experiment, soon, though, and we'll see if temp changes induce flowering.
 
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