Dragon's Claw

[timebomb]

Nice pic, KG. Yours look like the real McCoy.

Would you mind sharing some tips on how to grow them well?

Loh K L

[kimco]

Hi Loh,

There are basically 2 types of hobbyist, one that's very technical and the other very un-technical. Well, I happen to fall under the 2nd type. Therefore, it would be very difficult for me to pin-point tips to growing my plants well I just try to grow them thru trial and error, only thing I know of my water parameters is the temp which is 27-29C and that I grew the chendol using ADA Amazonian soil, the fine mesh ones with CO2 infusion and that I do daily fert dose of Dennerle A1.

KG

[primavera]

Hey Kimco, beautifully grown "Chendol" I must say. Luckily the shrimp don't find it tasty .

When you received it from your friend, did you just put it straight into the the tank? Or did you grow it emersed first? I have 2 suspects for utricularia, but they are all growing emersed. Only very small amounts. So dont want to risk losing it in water.

Also, does everyone's chendol grow slowly? Mine's growing real slow. Loooks smaller than the pics posted too.

Min

[kimco]

Actually, when I reveived my chendol from my friend, he told me it was already submersed. He found them in the stream, so naturally, I put them straight into my tank. My initial worry was the temperature as temp in most streams here are quite cold, maybe around 20-23C. Anyway, it took some time to acclimatize and after doing so, grow real fast. What you saw in the photo is about 5-6 months old. Remember its from just a few strands!!!!

KG

[budak]

I found ample lawns of these Utricularia plants at the fringes of the reservoirs. According to the Science Centre guidebook series on local carnivorous plants, there are seven species of Utricularia in Singapore, two of which are extinct. U. gibba is the most familiar, being the wirey threads that get tangled up in some tanks. The others are mostly as pictured, short leaves that spread out as a lawn, except for U. aurea, which has feather-like leaves that look superficially like Cabomba/Limnophila. [/img]