Utricularia isn’t thriving questions

[Apoplast]

In my experience Utricularia sect. Orchidioides can be a bit fussy overall. In my care most of them prefer cool nights and warm days. They seem to vary wildly in their moisture requirements with ones like U. campbelliana needing quite open mixes so it doesn't get water logged vs. U. humboldtii which I have growing in a floating algae mat that I have been cultivating for more than 10 years. For me, U. praetermissa simmply does not do well waterlogged. Once I start getting slime growing on the LFS, it is too broken down for it. I have to repot in fresh. When I have it growing well, which is not often, it seems to hangout in the lightest layers of the living sphagnum. I no longer try to grow that one with any aggregate. Good luck with it, it is worth it!

 

[Clusty]

Hey,
Any idea what could be happening with my u. Longifolia ?
Is it just too light or is there some fungal at play ? ( some fella suggested powdery mildew, but I am a bit skeptical )

 

[JosephElliott]

I can see fungal of some sort there but hard to say if the damage is fungal or if it simply took up residence after the leaf got damaged. Usually the sun damage I have seen bleaches out the leaf. That said wait for others to chime in with their experiences.

 

[Clusty]

That leaf grew under my care over the last 2-3 months.
Would it chopping infected leafs ? ( or it’s full of spores )

 

[JosephElliott]

Well if you suspect fungal and want to chop the leaf make sure you sterilize you scissors before each cut. You could then apply an anti fungal if you wanted or you could try using cinnamon applied to the cut site. Definitely do wait to hear from others before doing this though as I have never tried using an anti fungal or cinnamon on Utrics. It might not be needed at all.