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Utricularia chiribiquetensis

Utricularia chiribiquetensis
Photo: Andrew J. Crawford, CC0

Utricularia chiribiquetensis is a small, probably annual bladderwort, a carnivorous plant that traps tiny aquatic animals in bladders on its stems. It grows in wet sandy savannas and marshes, so keep its growing medium constantly moist.

Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Fern, Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the growing medium constantly wet or waterlogged, and use rainwater or distilled water.
Soil
Wet, sandy or peaty substrate, or a mix of sphagnum and sand.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Colombia to S. Venezuela
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Utricularia chiribiquitensis is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Colombia and Venezuela. U. chiribiquitensis grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, sandy savannas or marshes at altitudes from 80 m (262 ft) to 1,800 m (5,906 ft). It was originally described and published by Alvaro Fernández-Pérez in 1964. The species epithet, chiribiquitensis, refers to the mountain range in Colombia where this species is found.

Other Utricularia plants

Utricularia adpressa · Utricularia albiflora · Utricularia albocaerulea · Utricularia alpina · Utricularia ameliae · Florida purple bladderwort · Utricularia andongensis · Utricularia antennifera · Utricularia appendiculata · Utricularia arcuata · Utricularia arenaria · Utricularia arnhemica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Utricularia chiribiquitensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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