I thought I would share my experiences with growing Utricularia biloba. Utricularia biloba is one of my favorite species for its beautiful foliage. This is my second time growing this species; my first ended pretty quickly after I put the plant into an aquarium and it was eaten by other inhabitants.
I have been growing my current plants for 5 months. I grow two different clones; one from Taiwan and one from the US.
When I first received the clone from Taiwan, it looked like it was in pretty bad shape.
But upon repotting it into peat it bounced back pretty quickly.
Upon flooding it, within a few days the growth began to change.
I was growing it on a windowsill with a few hours of direct sunlight each day. Eventually, the plant looked like this:
Unfortunately at that point I saw very little, if any, new growth. It might have been the size of the jar, but I decided to try growing the biloba terrestrially.
Upon doing so (again using peat), the plant began to grow new stolons and spread.
The other clone I have was acquired more recently (about 3 months ago). I planted it into a small tub with Utricularia gibba but it didn't seem to do much, so now I am growing it in its own container on a windowsill. The substrate is peat with a layer of sand on top.
It has been a few days and I have yet to see any growth, but at least the plants seem to be alive. I will update this thread if I see any progress.
While it is nice to have Utricularia biloba spread, growing it terrestrially doesn't let it make the really long leaves that it makes when grown underwater.
I have been growing my current plants for 5 months. I grow two different clones; one from Taiwan and one from the US.
When I first received the clone from Taiwan, it looked like it was in pretty bad shape.
But upon repotting it into peat it bounced back pretty quickly.
Upon flooding it, within a few days the growth began to change.
I was growing it on a windowsill with a few hours of direct sunlight each day. Eventually, the plant looked like this:
Unfortunately at that point I saw very little, if any, new growth. It might have been the size of the jar, but I decided to try growing the biloba terrestrially.
Upon doing so (again using peat), the plant began to grow new stolons and spread.
The other clone I have was acquired more recently (about 3 months ago). I planted it into a small tub with Utricularia gibba but it didn't seem to do much, so now I am growing it in its own container on a windowsill. The substrate is peat with a layer of sand on top.
It has been a few days and I have yet to see any growth, but at least the plants seem to be alive. I will update this thread if I see any progress.
While it is nice to have Utricularia biloba spread, growing it terrestrially doesn't let it make the really long leaves that it makes when grown underwater.
