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An epiphytic species from South America with striking bright red flowers. I have had it for a couple of years, and it has increased slightly in size, but
this winter it has lost all of its leaves. There seems to be plenty of growth underground, so I am hoping that the spring warmth will stir it back into growth. Unfortunately the hope was misplaced. I'm not sure why I waste my time with these ruthlessly topical Utricularia species but when they are offered they are too enchanting and exotic to refuse. Nicole Rebbert says on his website: "This plant grows on the table mountains (tepuis) of Venezuela and is relatively rare in cultivation. It has always been one of my big goals to cultivate this plant at some point. I now grow different location types of this species: Auyan Tepui. The division I had received quickly formed the first leaf. At first I had it in a wild substrate mix (I don't remember what was in there, but it was a lot), but then I cultivated it in pure dead sphagnum in a grid pot and it seems to be comfortable, because it had several leaves produced at once. Due to the somewhat warmer day temperatures in summer, a few leaves turned yellow at the top. Otherwise the plant had rooted the pot well. Unfortunately I lost this plant after a few years trying to get rid of woodlice. A few weeks later I bought a new plant. Surprisingly this plant flowered a few months later. The plant has been flowering every spring since then. I use living sphagnum as a substrate. Ilu Tepui. This location form is not quite as sensitive as "Auyan Tepui". The leaves do not curl and do not turn yellow so quickly. But the plant grows much more slowly. Sometimes in summer nothing happens. A few new leaves and runners only appear in autumn. By the way, the leaves of this form appear to be somewhat smaller / shorter." |
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| 14th October 2007 | ||
