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Utricularia breviscapa

A small to medium, free-floating aquatic bladderwort of warm lowland lagoons, marshes and flooded ground from Cuba and Colombia to Argentina. It has finely divided submerged leaves and a yellow-flowered scape held up by a whorl of inflated floats at its base, which separates it from the similar U. foliosa. It is probably annual and wants warm, soft, sunny still water.

Utricularia breviscapa
Photo: Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodAquatic

Where it grows wild

A suspended aquatic of still, shallow freshwater: small lagoons, flooded restinga, marsh margins, cienagas beside pasture and river backwaters. Many sites are seasonally flooded wetlands such as the Pantanal and Llanos.

Lowland, mostly 0-300 m, with records up to about 700 m.

CubaColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaFrench GuianaEcuadorBrazilBoliviaParaguayArgentina

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.