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Carnivorous Partly documented

Utricularia asplundii

A perennial bladderwort from the wet eastern and western slopes of the northern Andes that grows on the ground in wet moss or as an epiphyte on mossy trunks. Collectors note white corollas flushed violet with a blue spot and yellow stripes on the lower lip. It needs warm-intermediate temperatures, constant moisture, soft water and very humid air.

Utricularia asplundii
Photo: fischermans, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Collected on mossy banks in rain forest, wet road cuts and steep road banks with pioneer vegetation, among mosses on vertical clay riverbanks, on sandstone tepui ridges in the Cordillera del Cóndor, and as an epiphyte on tree trunks and fallen logs. One old record mentions an ant hill.

GBIF altitudes run from about 200 m to 1,840 m, and most records fall between about 1,000 and 1,500 m on the Andean foothills.

EcuadorColombiaPeruVenezuela

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✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.