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

Utricularia odorata

A medium-sized terrestrial bladderwort from low-altitude wet grasslands of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and the Northern Territory of Australia, named for its reportedly fragrant flowers. It lives in seasonally waterlogged monsoon grassland, so it wants hot, bright, very wet conditions during growth and probably tolerates a drier season.

Utricularia odorata
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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 periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands at low altitude, where the ground is saturated or shallowly flooded during the monsoon. Its bladders sit in the wet soil among grasses and sedges.

Low altitudes; no specific elevations were found.

CambodiaLaosThailandVietnamNorthern Territory

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.