I've been growing this plant for 2 years and this is the first time I've gotten flowers out of it. It tried once before but I lost the flower stalks when cleaning up a pest infestation and ended up just throwing out the pot entirely. I think it likes living in the water tray much more than in its original pot.
In any case, the plant came labeled as U. heterosepala. I understand that species is commonly confused with U. graminifolia (much more common) so I was always dubious about the ID. Now that I have flowers, they appear too large to be graminifolia or heterosepala and the morphology looks strikingly similar to smithiana. Do we have any Utricularia experts here? A relevant paper: http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2017.62.99.pdf
U. smithiana? by Nimbulan, on Flickr
U. smithiana? by Nimbulan, on Flickr
In any case, the plant came labeled as U. heterosepala. I understand that species is commonly confused with U. graminifolia (much more common) so I was always dubious about the ID. Now that I have flowers, they appear too large to be graminifolia or heterosepala and the morphology looks strikingly similar to smithiana. Do we have any Utricularia experts here? A relevant paper: http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2017.62.99.pdf
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