Utricularia asplundii
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Description
Utricularia asplundii is a small, tuber-forming lithophytic / epiphytic Utricularia species from South America where it grows mainly in humid tropical areas. It has fine, stringy root-like structures and small traps to catch microorganisms. Blooms with fantastic white flowers with yellow and purple accents. Very large flowers in relation to the plant!
Distribution
Floristic provinces
Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Habitat
Utricularia asplundii is an epiphytic carnivorous plant that thrives in humid, misty tropical forests of Colombia and Ecuador, at an altitude of approximately 1000–1500 meters. It usually grows in moss on tree trunks and branches, often along with other epiphytes such as orchids, ferns and mosses.
Cultivation
Not the easiest plant. I have experimented with several designs of pots where you have to keep in mind that they often grow in the moss on tree trunks. Moist substrate but not too wet, mix of bark, sphagnum, possibly some peat and perlite.
Once they grow, I often see that they have no / hardly any above-ground leaves, but then start to bloom.
Flowering Period
From time to time throughout the year, once the plant is settled in.