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[Spectabilis73]

Hi. I am really wanting a utric,whitch utric is best to start out with?other than livida?

thanks

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Spectabilis73

 

[Tamlin Dawnstar]

A good easy grower is Utricularia dichotoma which flowers reliably: the flowers are very nice too.

 

[CP2k]

You might also want to try U.sandersonii. The flowers of this species is shaped like bunny ears.

 

[dodecatheon]

You can't go wrong with either of those. I would recommend U. flaccida too. U. calycifida is another good one.

tim.

 

[Spectabilis73]

ok. thanks for the help!

I thought sandersonii wasn't a beginer plant

thanks for the help!

 

[Pyro]

Most any of your basic terrestrials make good beginner plants. U. dichotoma is great for easy flowering, tricolor and calycifida have good leaves, praelonga and pubescens have really rapid growth.

 

[Tamlin Dawnstar]

Most of the terresterials are of similar, if not identical culture. Some are slower to establish than others, but generally they are problem free. I find with starts that they either survive and grow, or they dont survive at all. The critical period is when the start is first planted.

 

[swords]

Speaking of first planting, I repotted my utrics and I noticed that a few days later some of them produced flower scapes. I know flowering takes energy from growth but so does settling in after transplanting, should I cut these off or let them flower?

 

[dodecatheon]

Nope, that's typical. I'm not quite sure why it happens.