Utricularia striatula
A tiny perennial bladderwort that grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte in films of moss on wet rocks and tree trunks, from tropical Africa across Asia to New Guinea and from near sea level to 3,300 m. It forms mats of small rounded leaves with minute traps and bears small white to pale lilac flowers. In cultivation it wants a constantly wet, mossy surface, bright but not scorching light and high humidity.
Where it grows wild
Wet rock faces, dripping boulders beside streams and waterfalls, and moss-covered tree trunks in humid forest, where water seeps continuously through a thin layer of moss or organic film.
Near sea level to 3,300 m; across that span it meets anything from hot lowland to cool montane conditions.
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