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I belive this is utricularia gibba or some other temprate aquatic utric because I harvested this clump from the botanical gardens of ut University in Knoxville TN on a school trip but have yet to see it bloom I will attach a picture below of the golf ball sized clumping have broke into three sections I would also take any tips or advice about growing it thanks in advance.

Once I received gibba as a freebie, but I didn't have any idea what to do with it, so I tossed it in one of my water trays and promptly forgot all about it. When fall rolled around I found that I had a bunch of the stuff happily growing like mad in the tray. Never did get it to flower though.

Nice I'm trying to get mine to bloom

Well, it looks like it's getting enough light (that was my problem) so you might want to try feeding your clumps more than you already do, and if you don't do dormancy, you might give that a try as sometimes it can help reluctant bloomers along even for those plants that don't require a dormancy period.

Plant_master wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:23 pmI harvested this clump from the botanical gardens of ut University in Knoxville TN on a school trip

I don't mean to sound harsh, but harvested with permission from UT Knoxville, or harvested when nobody was looking?
Most botanical gardens that I've been to don't let random people just take plants, even if they are on a field trip.

With premmission from the mike ross my teacher knows the professor at UT garden's

And it was in a temprate pond and it is just starting to wake up since I've brought it inside

Plant_master wrote: ↑Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:37 pm With premmission from the mike ross my teacher knows the professor at UT garden's

Best way to get plants, from a friend with permission.
Maybe you can repay the favor in the future.

My bog garden I had to bring indoors bc we are having a freak cold snap going to be in the teens after weeks In the 80s without frost

All the sarracenia, flytraps, and drosera are actively growing hopefully I get some good seeds this year harvested 134 vft seeds last year first successfull year of pollination only 26 sprouted maybe they will do better this year.

Plant_master wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:28 am My bog garden I had to bring indoors bc we are having a freak cold snap going to be in the teens after weeks In the 80s without frost

I feel you. Middle Tennessee here, snow last night, 19 last night and tonight after as high as 70 in the previous week. In four days, it will be back to the 70's.

Our weather in southern Tennessee is crazy next week I'm putting them back out next week I lost one windmill palm and a few leaves on my vanda

My purpurea is starting to bloom after the growth point died over this winter is this a good sign and I broke the new pitcher coming in as well

It's actually starting to pit out noticeable growth since I haven't checked on it in two days almost filled the little space container up hoping for blooms this year.