Aldrovanda and Aquatic Bladderworts

Aldrovanda and Aquatic Bladderworts#270176

By cdelavan -  Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:09 am
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- Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:09 am #270176

I was thinking of starting a bog pool next spring and was wondering what everyone's experience with Aldrovanda and aquatic bladderworts has been? Any advice on care would be greatly appreciated as this would be my first foray into aquatic CPs.

Re: Aldrovanda and Aquatic Bladderworts#270177

By TS 1989 -  Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:22 am
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- Mon Aug 01, 2016 3:22 am #270177

I would recommend you to get Utricularia Gibba. Extremely easy and robust.

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Re: Aldrovanda and Aquatic Bladderworts#270185

By nimbulan -  Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:24 am
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- Mon Aug 01, 2016 5:24 am #270185

My experience has been that even U. gibba will die if you don't set up an appropriate environment with companion plants and let it age for a couple weeks before adding carnivorous plants. Aldrovanda are apparently especially sensitive. Any type of cattail, rushes, or free-floating plants with roots that hang down into the water are good choices for companion plants.

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Re: Aldrovanda and Aquatic Bladderworts#270189

By TS 1989 -  Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:01 am
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- Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:01 am #270189

nimbulan wrote:My experience has been that even U. gibba will die if you don't set up an appropriate environment with companion plants and let it age for a couple weeks before adding carnivorous plants. Aldrovanda are apparently especially sensitive. Any type of cattail, rushes, or free-floating plants with roots that hang down into the water are good choices for companion plants.

My utricularia gibba is just in a cup of distilled water at the windowsill.

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Re: Aldrovanda and Aquatic Bladderworts#273956

By Dewy the Sundew -  Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:33 pm
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- Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:33 pm #273956

I have a U.gibba which i bought from a friend. Its awesome, i cut a few strands of the main plant and place it in the saucers/trays of my other CPs to control mosquito larvae and now they are small clumps spreading through out the saucer/tray.

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Mainly grows drosera but also grows various other carnivorous plants and none carnivorous plants.

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