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Carnivorous Partly documented

Utricularia praeterita

A small terrestrial bladderwort of the Indian hills, recorded from the Western Ghats, Kolli Hills and central India. It appears on wet ground during the monsoon; little else is published. Grow it like other tropical annual terrestrial bladderworts: bright light, warm, and permanently wet.

Utricularia praeterita
Photo: (c) Ramesh Shenai Jr., some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Monsoon-wet ground in hill country, such as the Anjaneri hills, Khandala, Pachmarhi and the Kolli Hills; one label notes it in the monsoon season. Exact microhabitat is not recorded in the sources used.

Hill localities, probably around 500–1300 m; few records carry elevations.

India

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.