Utricularia nana
A tiny yellow-flowered bladderwort of wet sandy savanna and swampy stream margins across northern South America, the only species in section Benjaminia. It needs full sun, warmth and permanently wet sand.
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 periodGrows in the ground
Where it grows wild
Swampy ground by streams and wet sandy savanna.
Sea level to about 1250 m.
VenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaBrazilParaguay
🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.