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Originally Posted by kentosaurs
LOL such beautiful flower.....And i can't even make a gibba flower hahaha
Ken
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Hi Ken,
If you can keep U. gibba alive and it grows well for you, its really easy to get it to flower. You need to make sure that the plant is overgrown to the point where the plant body is practically an intertwined green "mat" and then drop the water level till the water doesn't cover the surface of the "mat". Growing it in a small container helps. I did this to mine and it flowers non-stop.
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Originally Posted by TS
Hi Ifurita, one more question (so much things to ask  )
You mentioned you placed your utric at your windowsill, did you switch on aircond at night? If you do so, your plants will be airconditioned during night time, could it be one of the factors that made it flower? |
Yup, I turn on the air-con at night, but that particular window is in a warmer corner of the room...at most it drops to around 22C or so, usually 24C. I doubt that's a factor, otherwise the plant would've flowered earlier. Its been with me for almost a year and is only flowering now. I suspect that the end of the rainy season(more light + warmer days) is probably the cause. Size and health are also factors to consider here: I've got others from this group and this is the only one which is flowering. My U. alpina, U. endresii, etc are not flowering, probably because they're not large enough and/or healthy/stable enough. Also, different Utrics have different flowering triggers, even within the group: light change, temp change, size, enforced rest, etc.