Utricularia aurea (anyone keep this)
 

Hi anyone keep/have Utricularia aurea.

Do you feed it with anything?

Thanks

PS: Do anyone keep/have other species of aquatic Utricularia?

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Well i have a U.Gibba and its almost maintanence free....I sometimes even have a layer of algae stuff on top of the water surface but they don't seem to mind..And i don't feed them with anything and so far they're thriving but not flowering..

Ken

Re: Utricularia aurea (anyone keep this)
 

I'm TS, you are TS168... :laugh:

OK, I grow U. aurea in a lily pot in the garden, I don't feed them.
U. aurea flowers quite freely. I was given a few strands by David and now they grow like weed.
I have a aquarium that "contaminated" by U. gibba, it's kind of difficult to get rid of them, I saw once in a nursery that U. gibba thrive in a shallow tray with alot of yellow flowers, I think should get some a try growing them in the garden too. :smile:

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I think i will only collect those aqautic one. Currently has this Utricularia aurea(yellow Flower) and another one not sure the english name yet, but is red flower one, the plant is same as Utricularia aurea but is reddish.

But it seen to be not growing as well as Utricularia aurea. Will try propagate it and then do some experiment.

I see very few hobbist into this Utricularia, especially the aquatic one. Cheers.

I was told that Utricularia aurea can be found in afew country, including malaysia, Japan and taiwan.

I think Aldrovanda vesiculosa look very same to Utricularia.

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I'm into utrics too but the terrestrial ones.
I got poisoned by U. sandersonii (the rabbit :wub:) first, then eventually got the others. :crying:

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use to keep this u. gibba but don't know it was a carnivourous plant last time, so throw all away since it grow non-stop, it thrives in cooling water, i got mine in oil palm estate in my home town, can see the yellow flower blooming in the entire drain, full of them, i feed them with daphnia(left over food of my fish)
they can produce food themselves as they attract tiny organism to grow on them(infusoria) and then trap it

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I have U. Gibba that are flowering now, yes I think they like cool water is they only seem to be happy now that it's rainy season. I also have U Vulgaris which looks similar to U. Aurea becoming many as well. Yes I agree that not so many seem to be keeping aquatic Utricularias. Maybe there are more who are aquarist (aquatic plant enthusiasts) that keep them, but maybe they don't end up in forums for CPs... maybe.

Aldrovanda is slightly more difficult to keep, however now I have put my U. Vulgaris with some Aldrovanda.

I do not "feed" them, but I do sometimes put some live daphnia in the ponds and containers. Also I sometimes sprinkle some fish food (very finely crushed) over some, but do not overfeed, and I don't really recommend that you do it, just mentioning that I sometimes do, but it is mostly food for the yamato shrimps in the pond.

TTFN
Arvin