This is my favorite aquatic Utricularia and one of the few native to my area. I looked for years for aquatic Utricularia in every pond I could find, only to finally discover it a quarter of a mile from my house in a drainage ditch, lol. In habitat, the plant is found sheathed in algae and growing in full sun. I believe the algae relationship was essential preventing sunburn au naturale. My first attempt growing indoors failed,,,not enough good light to support growth. My second attempt outside in a clear tank also failed; with no algae the plant sunburned and died. Third time was the charm when I used a white plastic dishpan with a layer of white plastic garbage bag on the surface. Winter lows here reach -20F and the dishpan would freeze solid, but in the spring the plant returned from turions and thrived. The flowers are magnificient, nearly as large as some of the "megautrics", and the algae I mentioned departed so the beauty of the plant could be fully appreciated. Experiments lead my to conclude this plant requires a winter dormancy, and is not a houseplant. Divisions grow quickly, and subsequent seasons found it in nearly every Sarracenia water tub, filling all the spaces around the pots by seasons end even in those dim conditions.