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Utricularia identification

I have been unsure about the identity of this plant since getting it. I got it as Utricularia nelumbifolia from Carnivoria but all the leaves it has produced have been reniform.

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However I don't think it is reniformis because it produces runners, which I have never seen reniformis do.

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The bladders also look different from reniformis bladders and are larger. They look somewhat like humboldtii bladders to me.

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I suspect that it is Utricularia nelumbifolia x reniformis, but after seeing the 5th and 6th posts in this thread I am not so sure.

The largest leaf the plant has produced is still less than an inch long, so could it be possible that I have true nelumbifolia?
 
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Old photo of my U. nelumbifolia, at this size the leaves were reniform

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Seedlings also make reniform leaves

In the photo with the runner, it looks like you have the beginning of a peltate leaf there, too.
 
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Thanks for the reassuring replies! I contacted the vendor and he said he was sure it is nelumbifolia, so I guess I just need to give the plant more time.
 
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