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Post by ICPS-bob on Oct 2, 2007 23:52:24 GMT
I was sent this east Texas Utricularia inflata on 3 January 06. I tossed them in my catch-all 20-gal aquarium in my unheated greenhouse and generally forgot them. During summer 2006, I did not see any plants so I figured they never made it. The aquarium is under my benches and I seldom look at it. Occasionally I forget until I notice all the water but an inch or so has evaporated and then I fill it up again. About a month ago, I noticed several plants growing among my Aldrovanda and U. gibba. Today the plants are in flower.   |
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Post by Aidan on Oct 2, 2007 23:59:40 GMT
Lavish care on plants and nothing happens, or worse still they croak. Ignore them and look what happens.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2007 23:59:54 GMT
wow thats cool that they survived...i guess it just gows to show how hardy a plant they are....lol i used to think the utricularia werent easy cause my gibba wasnt growin gbut i put it in a sunny window and now its just about double in size within a few days.....
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Post by sarracenialover on Feb 5, 2008 3:24:55 GMT
ISPS-bob, how do you set up a tank to grow such plants?
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Post by ICPS-bob on Feb 5, 2008 4:08:42 GMT
ISPS-bob, how do you set up a tank to grow such plants? Read the first post on this page where I tell all. |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Feb 5, 2008 10:02:38 GMT
Hey Bob. You must have pointed at them and talked about them....you know you can't do that! ;D ;D
Brian.
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Post by sarracenialover on Feb 6, 2008 0:59:22 GMT
On your first post you just mentioned that you use an aquarium in an unheated greenhousea nd you just add water. That's it? All you do is add water into an aquarium and put plants there? no soil? nothing?
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Post by DelawareJim on Feb 6, 2008 19:04:49 GMT
No soil, nothing.
U. inflata is a totally aquatic utric. It and its close relative U. radiata are native to the east coast. I'm hoping to collect some myself this spring/summer.
I'll let you know if I'm successful and maybe we can do a swap for some western utric?
Cheers.
Jim
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Post by sarracenialover on Feb 19, 2008 2:17:08 GMT
that would be fun!
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Post by RL7836 on Mar 21, 2008 20:42:05 GMT
On your first post you just mentioned that you use an aquarium in an unheated greenhousea nd you just add water. That's it? All you do is add water into an aquarium and put plants there? no soil? nothing? Bob comes from the 'Tough Love' school of growing CP. Other than a few petios, most seem to realize that they won't receive any special care, get over it and grow like there's no tomorrow... His VFT 'Wacky Traps' and his D. regia are just 2 examples of the results of his approach. I'm beginning to think that 'plant fear' equates to CP fertilizer ..... ;D ;D |
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