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Utricularia myriocista

Utricularia myriocista is a medium-sized aquatic bladderwort, a carnivorous plant that traps small aquatic animals in bladders on its submerged stems. It is grown in aquariums and bog or water gardens and needs constantly wet, nutrient-poor water.

Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep fully submerged or in constantly saturated, standing water at all times.
Soil
Does not root in soil; grow floating or suspended in nutrient-poor water or among sphagnum moss.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trinidad to C. & S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Utricularia myriocista is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. myriocista is endemic to South America and can be found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

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 myriocista 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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