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This all yellow Utricularia flower opened today. It came as a hitchhiker in a plug of U. sandersonii from Hollyhock. It's a terrestrial species and it is not U. bisquamata. I have U. bisquamata and that flower is different.

So take your best guess. Thank you. If I don't get an ID, it will be known as U. damifino.

Good growing,
Mike

Like your name for it!!

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Cant help with id but its a pretty flower kinda looks like really buttery popcorn. Sorry couldn't resist that one lol

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So you got a double bonus giveaway...
I want a plug back of u.damifino when it gets big enough.

Yellow hitchhiker usually means U. subulata.

I concur with Nimbulan...U.subulata...
I looked back to the place that I bought it and indeed they have U.subulata for sale...

hollyhock wrote:I want a plug back of u.damifino when it gets big enough.

Your original plug is in a 2.5" square pot now. If the U. damifino (subulata?) spreads out and multiplies, I'll send you half the pot in Springtime. Sound OK?

I noticed something lately. My Utrics would send up a flower stalk, but the flower would never open. Instead, a month or so later it would turn brown, crack open and be full of microscopic seeds or dust. With the higher light levels it's getting from the LEDs it looks like the flowers will actually be opening. I never heard of that before. You learn something every day if you're not careful.

Good growing,
Mike

Yup, it's definitely U. subulata by my assessment. The perpetually closed flowers are cleistogamous flowers, which are basically just self-pollinating. It's part of why U. subulata spreads super fast and can become an annoying weed in all your pots.

w03 wrote:Yup, it's definitely U. subulata by my assessment. The perpetually closed flowers are cleistogamous flowers, which are basically just self-pollinating. It's part of why U. subulata spreads super fast and can become an annoying weed in all your pots.

It's sure a pretty weed!

Good growing,
Mike

Yes it is a pretty flower does it have any smell ? Noob question i know and i stand by my earlier statement still thing it looks loke a piece of yellow popcorn which is awsome to

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Subulata can produce seed pods without flowers. It's a very pretty weed.