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Utricularia rostrata

A small terrestrial bladderwort endemic to the Chapada Diamantina highlands of Bahia, Brazil, where it grows in wet sand and rock fissures by streams and waterfalls in the campo rupestre. It is usually annual, producing white to violet flowers with a yellow patch and a distinctive beaked upper calyx lobe. Grow it hot and bright in constantly wet sandy peat, and keep it going from seed.

Utricularia rostrata
Photo: fischermans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A terrestrial herb of damp sandy soils near streams and waterfalls, and of wet rock fissures and seasonally wet stream beds in the rocky grasslands (campos rupestres) of the Chapada Diamantina. Wikipedia describes semi-shaded sites, while herbarium labels call it sun-loving and sand-dwelling.

Wikipedia gives 550–1,570 m; GBIF records span 258–1,750 m with a median of 935 m.

Brazil Northeast (Bahia: Chapada Diamantina)

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.