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Grow Bladderworts (Utricularia)

What do you get when you cross an orchid flower with a mouth and then a fast acting response system? You get something pretty much like an Utricularia. They are the most numerous carnivorous plants (200 something species) on earth, and have the smallest, and fastest, traps of any known carnivorous plans. They also have showy, orchid like flowers.

Soil:

A 2:1:1 ratio of peat, perlite, and sphagnum works well for most species, except the aquatics which need a little peat in their water.

Watering:

Never let them go dry, unless your plant originates from SW Australia, in which case they require a summer dry period.

Light:

The terrestrial leaves have the best color in high light. There's a fine line between pretty and dead, however

Environment:

Utricularia grow on 6 of 7 continents on earth, so 1 all around climate is impossible to re-create. Some freeze in the winter, some suffer through desert conditions in the summer, and others grow in tropical jungles. Try and get your growing area between 40% and 80% humidity and 60-85 degrees to keep the widest variety of species.

Cultivation:

Quite easy-some can become weeds! All the more common ones (U. bisqumata, subulata, sandersonii, etc…) are impossible to kill!

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