Utricularia Gibba (floating Bladderwort)

Utricularia Gibba (floating Bladderwort) Care

Utricularia Gibba

Utricularia Gibba (floating Bladderwort) 1

What is the plant

Utricularia gibba, commonly known as the humped or floating bladderwort, is a small, mat-forming species of carnivorous aquatic bladderwort. Leaf: simple, in rosette, or simple or dissected, emerging from caudex or stolon, with minute, carnivorous bladders +- throughout. Inflorescence: raceme or 1-flowered, scapose.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Part Sun

Temperature

min 4°C

Hardiness zone

6 - 9

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

Invasive

Weed

How to Care for the Plant

Water
It is a large suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. Their common “foods” are daphnia, mosquito wigglers, and protozoa.
Pruning
Aquatic Bladderworts can be propagated from cuttings, usually at least 3 nodes long. Seeds are slow and need steady conditions.
Fertilizer
Aquatic bladderwort traps are under water and quite small. Their common “foods” are daphnia, mosquito wigglers, and protozoa. Catching abundant prey is a significant growth factor. They do a marvelous job of attracting and catching prey all on their own when provided with an adequate supply.

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Sunlight
The plants need at least four hours of bright sunlight and prefer another four hours of indirect or filtered light every day.
Soil
Plant bladderwort in one part perlite and one part peat, and no potting soil.
Temperature
The growing tip of the Bladderwort known as Turions, will form resting buds. Bladderwort typically stays in their dormancy period for three to four months as long as the temperature is 10 degrees Celcius or below.