Bladderwort

[Green Baron]

Does any know the ID of this Bladderwort ?



It looks really great in this tank

[Green Baron]

Ronnie,
Didn't you have this plant sometime back ?

[CO2]

I used to have that plant. I couldn't figure out which species it was. It does look good, but it doesn't have roots and it grows SO fast that it's a high maintenance plant. I would have to top and replant it about twice a week in my 75 gallon. When it gets tall and pearls, it will float out of the substrate.

[fabry]

Hi CW,
It could be U. australis.

Take a look at the following link:

http://www.plantarara.com/carnivoren...tricularia.htm

It is in german, but you can just look at the pictures and read the latin names.
A distinction is made between aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial species.

Best regards,

Fabrizio.

[CO2]

To my eyes, it looks similar to the picture of U foliosa.

[Green Baron]

Fabry,
it does look like U. australis.
The only way to know the true ID is to have Prof Tan ID it. I will show it to him the next time I go to his lab.

[fabry]

For what I know U. australis can be found in Asia, Australia, Europe and in some other locations but not in America.
U. foliosa instead can be found in America and in some other countries but not in Asia.
So I think that there are good chances that the plants that CW has are U. australis and the plants that Craig has are U. foliosa.

Of course if the prof. could be available for the correct classification it would be very good.

Regards,

Fabrizio

[Martin]

looks similar to this;

http://www.akvarieplanter.dk/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=126