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A vigorous small flowered rather weedy species that I seem to have grown for a very long time, though not always under this name. I have grown a couple of local South African forms of the species
but this is the one that has prospered most in the greenhouse. It spreads very easily from pot to pot by seed. Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is Angola to S. Africa, NW. & Central Madagascar. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome." Fierce Flora say: "Utricularia bisquamata is highly variable in size, colour and flower shape. It forms spaces that range approximately 1cm – 12cm in height. The flowers are usually proportional to the length of the scape, commonly around 0.5 cm across but can range from 2mm to 1.5 cm. The flowers are bulbous at the center, with two variably pronounced humps at the center of the lower corolla lip. The upper corolla lip has two triangular points separated by a notch. The colour of the petals incorporates a combination of white, yellow and purple, usually with yellow at the center of the bloom. Cleistogamous blooms that don’t develop petals are often observed, especially in cultivation. The species grows in seepages and moist habitats across a range of habitats. These can both winter-wet seasonal seepages and permanently wet niches. It favours nutrient-deprived environments such as those that occur in mountainous biome. The species can persist as both an annual and a perennial plant in nature, depending on the permanency of its water source. Flowering occurs during the warmer months. It has been recorded in the southern countries of Africa." |
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