Red Aldrovanda

[Ifurita]

Just noticed that some of my Aldrovanda strands have turned red! Yay!
Here's a close up of one of them:

Interestingly its only the leaves which have gone red, the rest of the plant is still rather greenish with a slight tinge of orange.

Looks like long term cultivation of these guys is possible after all...a tank of red Aldrovanda...hmm...

[LJ_Tan]

Very cute

It's yellow flower ?

[caseyhoo]

Originally Posted by LJ_Tan

Very cute

It's yellow flower ?

Nope.

Here is their flower
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com...ns/flower2.jpg
http://www.drosophyllum.com/Bilder/K...drovanda05.jpg

Ifurita, did you mind to share what is yours growing environment for Aldrovanda?

[Ifurita]

Nothing special about the growing environment, as you can see it shares the container with some Utricularia species and Singapore's conditions should be the same as Malaysia.

I'm growing it outdoors:

Temp: <35-27C all year round.

Light: Bright, indirect light for most of the day, 1-2 hours direct morning sun.

Water: Tap water tops up the container, water should be neutral pH or so.

Other stuff in the water: Mostly Utrics, U. gibba has taken over most of the container with some other species like U. reflexa present, 1-2 plants(non-CPs) seem to be growing up from the bottom, no idea what they are. No fish or bugs, mozzie pellets are used regularly.

Not sure what else to say, aside from adding water once every few days, I largely ignore this container, only noticed the red Aldrovanda a couple of days back. All the Aldrovanda I threw in there was green originally, but that was a year or so ago.

[LJ_Tan]

Originally Posted by caseyhoo

Nope.

Here is their flower
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com...ns/flower2.jpg
http://www.drosophyllum.com/Bilder/K...drovanda05.jpg

Ifurita, did you mind to share what is yours growing environment for Aldrovanda?

Originally Posted by Ifurita

Nothing special about the growing environment, as you can see it shares the container with some Utricularia species and Singapore's conditions should be the same as Malaysia.

I'm growing it outdoors:

Temp: <35-27C all year round.

Light: Bright, indirect light for most of the day, 1-2 hours direct morning sun.

Water: Tap water tops up the container, water should be neutral pH or so.

Other stuff in the water: Mostly Utrics, U. gibba has taken over most of the container with some other species like U. reflexa present, 1-2 plants(non-CPs) seem to be growing up from the bottom, no idea what they are. No fish or bugs, mozzie pellets are used regularly.

Not sure what else to say, aside from adding water once every few days, I largely ignore this container, only noticed the red Aldrovanda a couple of days back. All the Aldrovanda I threw in there was green originally, but that was a year or so ago.

This nice and thank for sharing.

[arvin555]

Infurita thanks for sharing, we have almost the same growing conditions, though I have some Horse tails and cattails in my small container as "monocots" companion plants

I too have problem with U Gibba, in fact I hate them being in the same container as the Aldros as they can dominate the whole container, I had to tear them up to trim them off.

Why do you put Mossie Pellets in your container? Is it precaution?

The reason I ask is because I am 100% sure that Aldros can eat Mossie larvae. All my containers that have Aldrovanda, never, ever had Mosquito larvae in it. Aldros also eat waterboatmen beetles very well.

If you are up to it, try not putting any mossie pellets in the water and see if there are mossie larvae that will grow, chances are they will never reach maturity. My containers also do not contain any fish only plants and snails, snails also make good food for aldros. Never have had them flower myself and mine are all green

TTFN
Arvin