Utricularia macrocheilos
A tiny annual terrestrial bladderwort known only from the mountains of Guinea and Sierra Leone, where it grows among wet rocks and seepages in submontane grassland. It is close to U. micropetala but has much longer corolla lips. It is almost unknown in cultivation, so these conditions are built from herbarium labels, the monsoon climate of the Guinea highlands and general culture of annual tropical terrestrial bladderworts.
Where it grows wild
Wet open rock outcrops, seepage grassland and small streams in submontane savanna on granite. Collectors' labels read 'open rock hill in seepage', 'in small stream, seepage grassland' and 'savanne herbeuse sur le granite'.
Wild records with elevations run from about 690 m to 1,320 m, mostly around 700-1,000 m in the Guinea highlands and Sierra Leone's mountains.
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