gregh
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Post by gregh on Mar 26, 2007 1:58:31 GMT
I would like to combine two of my past times and grow a Utricularia as a grounscover in an aquarium. I know graminifolia has been used for this, but I can't seem to find a domestic source. Does anyone know of another more common species (subulata? I have plenty) that can be grown this way?
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Post by glider14 on Apr 2, 2007 1:30:53 GMT
i would think any of them would be ok to grow aquatically. i dont see why they couldnt... Alex
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Post by thwyman on Apr 2, 2007 12:12:45 GMT
Try dichotoma. I believe Tim Malcolm once mentioned that he grew that one submerged for a time. Others that should work would be bifida and volubilis
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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 2, 2007 12:35:53 GMT
Some forms of U. dichotoma perform better in submerged conditions than others. The form I grow from Cheshunt in Victoria, southern Australia grows better aquatically than it does as a terrestrial.
U. uliginosa commonly grows as an aquatic around Sydney. I've seen it growing at least a metre below the surface attached to a concrete dam wall.
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Post by mabudon on Apr 2, 2007 16:16:22 GMT
Heck, you might try U.subulata anyways, since it's not like you couldn't replace any losses- I wouldn't be surprised if that stuff would grow aquatically- matter of fact, I think I have an experiment to set up now Thanks for the inspiration- I'll put some U subulata in a peat "soup" and let it settle and see what happens- if it dies, I might actually be happier than if it works
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Post by gregh on Apr 2, 2007 22:47:23 GMT
Thanks for the suggestions. Mabudon, I'll give U. subulata a try. Your right, what have I got to lose? Chances are whatever I put in will have some with it anyway
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Post by matti on Apr 3, 2007 4:06:45 GMT
GregH, have you tryed Utricularia biloba? I belive it has the most pretty flowers of all the utrics.
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Post by thwyman on Apr 3, 2007 12:08:28 GMT
GregH, have you tryed Utricularia biloba? I belive it has the most pretty flowers of all the utrics. Being an avid grower of section Orchidioides I would have to argue with that statement
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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 3, 2007 12:15:07 GMT
GregH, have you tryed Utricularia biloba? I belive it has the most pretty flowers of all the utrics. Being an avid grower of section Orchidioides I would have to argue with that statement Agreed. The flower colour of U. biloba is arguably the prettiest of the genus but members of the Orchidioides and Iperua groups have it beaten on general aesthetics. In my opinion only of course. U. biloba is an ideal candidate for aquarium culture though. Problem is you'd never see the flowers.
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Post by glider14 on Apr 3, 2007 23:23:36 GMT
why is that? is it like U. tricolor? i think U. biloba has some absolutely gorgeous flowers! but. i think U. campbelliana (sp?) is the P. laueana of the utric world Alex
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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 4, 2007 2:12:05 GMT
why is that? is it like U. tricolor? i think U. biloba has some absolutely gorgeous flowers! but. i think U. campbelliana (sp?) is the P. laueana of the utric world Alex If it was grown in a deep aquarium the flowers would never reach the surface. From what I am aware, most of the Utricularia species that are grown in deep water do not tend to flower. In nature, U. biloba flowers as the waterlevel that it grows in is receding.
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Post by glider14 on Apr 4, 2007 2:38:19 GMT
so it can be flowered just not in submerged conditions. is it one of those annual utrics? is it commercially availiable? Alex
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Post by matti on Apr 4, 2007 6:37:11 GMT
Hello, a friend of mine (also a cp collector)who goes out looking for endangered species informs me that the species (biloba) flowers in the summer when the water floods the plant and gets very long flower spikes, I was on Bribie last august (winter) and looked at a site were Biloba had been found before and saw no flowers, maybe the Sydney form reacts different from the ones on Bribie, fraser and stradbroke island?.
Glider, it is a perenial plant and it is not avalible from nursery's.
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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 4, 2007 8:36:14 GMT
so it can be flowered just not in submerged conditions. is it one of those annual utrics? is it commercially availiable? Alex As Matti has said, it is a perennial. You won't find it in many CP nurseries but is in a number of collections in the US- certainly not rare anyway. I've got flowerbuds on one of my pots at the moment. This pot is grown in only about an inch of water and has small threadlike leaves. Other pots grown submerged have never flowered for me and have longer fernlike leaves. I'm not sure of the growth patterns of the south east Queensland forms. I'd like to try them for myself should I get the chance.
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Post by matti on Apr 4, 2007 8:52:41 GMT
May we see some pics of your Biloba Sean?.
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