Aquatic Utric

[jimscott]

This is NOT supposed to be U. gibba or U. macrohiza.

 

[bluemax]

I could see it being U. vulgaris but it would help if the flower were fully-developed. Do you have a photo of the main part of the plant?

 

[Cthulhu138]

Could be U.australis. I agree with Mark though, a pic of a fully opened flower would help.

 

[jimscott]

It's a little more open today:

 

[NatchGreyes]

I hate to tell you, Jim, but that looks a lot like U. gibba to me.

 

[Cthulhu138]

Yup. Flower looks more like U.gibba now and traps definitely look like U.gibba. I'd say you've got U.gibba there.

 

[NatchGreyes]

I'm curious to know what it was supposed to be. I think you only told us what it wasn't, and I'm curious.

 

[Tanukimo]

How deep is the water you keep them in? I'm curious since I've heard that it only flowers in shallow water.

 

[Adelea]

My U.Gibba, Aurea and stellaris all flower in the pond and it is never below the 50cm deep mark, so I guess they don't care if its shallow, in saying this they won't flower unless their in a dense mass in deep water, but as single plants they will all flower in 1-2cm water, so maybe the dense colony tricks the plant, or maybe they just need the support to flower?

 

[Tanukimo]

My plants are pretty dense. They have been in the tank for several months. Maybe they need natural light and higher water temperatures, like Aldrovanda.