One of my favorite group of carnivorous plants is the epiphytic Utricularia – the section Orchidioides. I have three specimens (still looking for the elusive jamesoniana – if you have any, I have a large division of humboldtii to trade). It struck me the other morning what a nice gradation of shape one sees in the leaves of my three:
U. humboldtii – a pretty fan.
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U. reniformis – the fan is wide open!
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U. nelumbifolia – the edges meet.
(In fact, some nelumbifolia leaves resemble reniformis – see this picture from sarracenia.com.)
And nelumbifolia’s eponym, Nelumbo ‘Chawan Basu’.
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All of the carnivores are loving the summer sun. My Brocchinia reducta are yellowing up nicely
and the Sarracenia alata are making lots of fresh new pitchers.
Hello, I know this article was posted over a year ago but I thought I would still give it a shot. I happen to have a nice clump of U. jamesoniana that I took from my motherplant a few months ago. If the offer still stands for that clump of U. Humboldtii, I am very interested.
Yes! Still interested – will email you tomorrow AM.