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Carnivorous Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Utricularia naviculata

A very small annual bladderwort that floats freely in still or slow-moving water. It is known only from the type locality in savanna along the upper Orinoco in Venezuela and one collection from the Trombetas basin in Pará, Brazil. It is almost unknown in cultivation, so any care advice is taken from related lowland aquatic bladderworts and is not based on grower experience with this species.

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: rootless shoots with bladder traps hang in shallow, still or slow-flowing water. The type collection says 'locally abundant in water' at Sabana Cumare, on the bank of Caño Cumare, a blackwater savanna stream of the upper Orinoco. Savanna pools like this are open to the sky and usually soft, acidic and low in nutrients.

Lowland only. The Venezuelan type collection is from about 125 m. The Brazilian collection has no elevation, but the Trombetas basin is also lowland Amazonia.

Venezuela (Amazonas)Brazil (Pará)

🔒 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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