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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 4, 2007 9:12:49 GMT
I'll post some shots as soon as the flowers open- should be a couple of weeks away. I'll have a look tomorrow to see how they are coming along.
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Post by thwyman on Apr 4, 2007 11:46:57 GMT
Hey Sean,
Our mutual German friend has bloomed his biloba in the same set up he grows volubilis and that is "deeper" water.
And Glider, if you put campbelliana as the laueana of Utrics then what does that make quelchii which is coloured the same but has larger blooms??
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Post by glider14 on Apr 5, 2007 3:17:45 GMT
i thought quelchii had pink blooms... but your right. in my eyes. i see the most common ones as a pale red-orange. i still like campbelliana because its so small (the plant) i hear its horrendously slow though. Alex
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Post by thwyman on Apr 5, 2007 11:58:42 GMT
The bloom on quelchii ranges from pink to crimson. Same for campbelliana though it also has an orange flowered form.
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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 7, 2007 14:26:53 GMT
The leaves of a submerged pot of U. bilobaand those of one grown as a regular terrestrial. You'll notice a few are slightly pinnate. Flower photos will follow shortly...
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Post by Christian on Apr 9, 2007 12:49:51 GMT
Hi, for those, who do not want to wait for Sean's pictures, here are some i have taken from my plants last year: I am growing this plant only in a very shallow water level, only about one or two cms. Sometimes i allow the trays to dry out completely before watering again. I did an experiment with U. livida, sandersonii, dichotoma, lateriflora, biloba, graminifolia and uniflora last year. I placed them in an aquarium, about 20cm deep in water. All plants got very long leafs and looked more or less like grass. Not a single of this plants flowered. The botanical garden of Bonn has a display, where (i think) U. livida growas aquaticaly. According to the staff, the plants have only been planted around the water hole originaly. Christian
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Post by mabudon on Apr 9, 2007 16:59:30 GMT
Thanks Christian- sounds like my "experiment" has already been done successfully, and it sounds like it works exactly as the original poster in this thread was hoping, a nice "carpet" of grass on the aquarium floor, that's a handy thing to know
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Post by gregh on Apr 10, 2007 19:55:29 GMT
Great, I will try the U. livida. I certainly have plenty of it. I will probably pick a couple of spots and try a few types. I will let anyone interested know how it goes.
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Post by Sean Spence on Apr 15, 2007 7:09:20 GMT
A few shots of my recently opened Utricularia biloba flowers. Seems to be a different form to Christians as it has 2 white stripes on the palate and a purplish inflorescence rather than green. This one originates from the Jibbon Lagoon just south of Sydney.
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Post by matti on Apr 15, 2007 8:50:43 GMT
Nice plants Sean. I was sorry to hear today that one of the Biloba lagoons has dried up on Bribie island. this species also exists on Stradbroke and fraser island.
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Post by jm82792 on Apr 29, 2007 2:02:32 GMT
I want to grow urtics instead of orchids because they flower more and the flower are really pretty looking. When I am in oregon I will be wanting to buy some urtics. So if there is a urtic person here I would love to buy some in june.
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Post by rsivertsen on May 3, 2007 17:22:21 GMT
I'm finding out that many of these Utrics are actually amphibious; growing submerged at times, and then as conditions dry out, become terrestrial. I suspect that this may be a requirement for some to produce flowers. I see this often in the NJ Pine Barrens.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2007 23:02:47 GMT
yes some utrics do flower more often when you let them dry out some what(you should always keep the soil damp) then flooding them with water.....
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