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Carnivorous Partly documented

Utricularia panamensis

A small lithophytic bladderwort known only from a small area of western Panama. Peter Taylor first recognised it in 1977 and described it in 1986. It grows on wet rock in warm, very humid premontane forest, and it is almost never cultivated.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows on permanently wet or seeping rock faces, probably in mossy films in humid forest. Beyond its lithophytic habit, microhabitat detail is inferred.

Recorded at 475–1115 m, median 500 m.

Panamá

🔒 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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