Utricularia calycifida

[stevebradford]

Utricularia calycifida is endemic to northern South America. It’s one of my favourite Utricularia to grow, not only is it easy to grow it’s one of the few Utricularia with colourful photosynthetic parts. It’s flowers also can vary in colour and size depending it’s range and which clone you get.

Temperature - 18-25 degrees C
Growing media - perlite 50% dried sphagnum 50%
Growing space - small no special requirements
Lighting - 14 hours low light
Watering - consistently just moist
Humidity - 40-60%
Propagation - easiest by plant devisions or seed
Special requirements - none

Utricularia calycifida 'Gran sabana'

 

[Felix]

Hello, I received my first utricularia yesterday and they arrived with this:

It seems to be a spent flower stalk but I’m not sure so I’m asking here.


Here is the plant:

thank you

 

[stevebradford]

Yes in there you will find a small round capsule full of seeds if it’s matured.

Looks like you might have Utricularia calycifida there, the flower stalk and leafy parts amongst the Utricularia gibba mat.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

That's U. calcifyda, Those are old flowers. I think they self fertilize and form seeds but I don't know.

 

[Felix]

Yes in there you will find a small round capsule full of seeds if it’s matured.

Looks like you might have Utricularia calycifida there, the flower stalk and leafy parts amongst the Utricularia gibba mat.

Utricularia calycifida

Utricularia calycifida is endemic to northern South America. It’s one of my favourite Utricularia to grow, not only is it easy to grow it’s one of the few Utricularia with colourful photosynthetic parts. It’s flowers also can vary in colour and size depending it’s range and which clone you get...

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That really cool!
How do you know if the capsules are ready?

 

[stevebradford]

I just harvested some recently and mailed a bunch away, anyone getting germination yet?

 

[Felix]

Ok thank you!

 

[stevebradford]

I dropped a Utricularia calycifida seed pod there a little while back.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Over the years, I've had lots of Utric seed pods and very little plants coming up. Even my subulata isn't spreading.

 

[Chen]

I just harvested some recently and mailed a bunch away, anyone getting germination yet?

I started seeing some stolons coming out of the soil after I sowed them on 10/04/2021. I had feared the seeds had lost viability from being in the mail however those fears were unfounded. Thanks again Steve!

 

[pogs]

I just harvested some recently and mailed a bunch away, anyone getting germination yet?

I'm seeing five new sprouts two and a half weeks after sowing! Thank you

 

[stevebradford]

What a great Utricularia to grow

 

[Olivera]

What a great Utricularia to grow not only is it easy and has great blooms it’s one of the few Utricularia that has colourful photosynthetic above ground parts
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Beautiful.

 

[Sib]

I used to have it in my dart tanks, a great leafy utric!

 

[Raymond Chong]

Added to the must have list.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Spring's coming.

 

[stevebradford]

 

[Olivera]

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Maybe will happen also to mine in the future.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Mine is a weed.

 

[stevebradford]

Mine is a weed.

Easy to grow for sure but I don’t find Utricularia calycifida to be a pest in my conditions. However Utricularia longifolia is a rampant insidious invader of other pots.

If you wish to eradicate a Utricularia infestation for good thats inseparably entwined with other plants, say Drosera. You could pick it apart, trying to wash and separate your other plants from the Utricularia hoping it doesn’t recolonize from a tiny missed piece. Or I have found putting the entire pot in the fridge for a day or two will cure your problems. Utricularia will not tolerate 3 degree weather and a lot of other carnivorous plants can briefly.