Bladderworts (Utricularia) | Curious Plant

Utricularia humboldtii x alpina

curiousplant — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:55:11 +0000

Utricularia humboldtii x alpina is an epiphytic bladderwort hybrid that produces large purple flowers. Bladderworts are known for their ability to form bladder-like traps along their roots that capture and digest small organisms. See additional information below. *This plant ships as a starter plug*

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Utricularia alpina

curiousplant — Fri, 17 May 2024 19:29:54 +0000

Utricularia alpina is an epiphytic bladderwort that produces large white or light purple flowers. It is native to the Antilles and parts of northern South America where it thrives in moist, mossy environments. U. alpina forms bladder-like traps along its roots that capture and digest small organisms. See additional information below. *This plant ships as read more >

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Utricularia livida ‘Typical’

curiousplant — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:16:20 +0000

Utricularia livida is a terrestrial bladderwort native to Mexico and Africa. It prefers warm temperate to tropical climates and flowers continuously in ideal conditions. While it doesn't typically produce seed, it is an easy grower and spreads quickly through the soil making it a good window sill or terrarium plant. U. livida was originally described read more >

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Utricularia sandersonii ‘Typical’

curiousplant — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:49:06 +0000

Utricularia sandersonii is a tropical bladderwort native to South Africa. It is most well known for its prolific flowers resembling floating rabbits. This form of U. sandersonii also produces hair-like runners that allow it to spread easily across the surface of the soil and into neighboring pots. It is an easy grower and excellent candidate read more >

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Utricularia calycifida

curiousplant — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:27:08 +0000

Utricularia calycifida is a terrestrial bladderwort native to South America. It produces large leaves with purplish veins that spread easily through sphagnum moss by way of stolons. The subterranean traps of Utricularia are the fastest of all carnivorous plants and can capture prey in less than one millisecond. U. calycifida is a good candidate for terrariums read more >

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Utricularia blanchetii ‘Chapada Diamantina, BA, Brazil’

curiousplant — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:58:41 +0000

Utricularia blanchetii is a tropical terrestrial bladderwort native to central Bahia in Brazil. It blooms freely, with multiple flowers on each stalk. The subterranean traps of Utricularia are the fastest of all carnivorous plants and can capture prey in less than one millisecond. U. blanchetii is easy to grow and does well in terrariums and on window sills. read more >

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Utricularia longifolia

curiousplant — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 22:41:13 +0000

Utricularia longifolia is an epiphytic bladderwort native to Brazil. It produces showy purple flowers on long stalks and its large bladder traps often grow out of the bottom of its pot. It is best to keep the soil well saturated for most of the year with a slightly dryer rest period during the winter. See read more >

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Utricularia dichotoma

curiousplant — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:04:02 +0000

Utricularia dichotoma is a tropical bladderwort native to Australia and New Zealand. The fan shape of the bluish-purple flowers earned the plant its common name, "Fairy Aprons". Flowers often grow in pairs or groups of three. While the foliage and bladders of U. dichotoma are small, the carnivorous traps of Utricularia are the fastest of all carnivorous plants and read more >

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