It's been almost exactly a month since
I first noticed a flower stalk on my
Utricularia longifolia. Today is the first day with a fully open flower, and man is it pretty.
![The aphids are everywhere man, I really hate them. Utricularia longifolia flower.](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8662/16256829083_c1146e91df_c.jpg) |
Beautiful U. longifolia flower. |
There are two stalks on the plant, and lots of buds forming.
![I want to take this plant to Bug Day at the Randall Museum, so I need to get my aphid situation settled before April 18th. Utricularia longifolia.](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7650/16850935366_22a7cdace3_c.jpg) |
The stalk is 18 inches (~45 cm) tall! |
Unfortunately, I'm dealing with a pretty serious aphid problem right now, and they keep finding their way onto these flower stalks. I've been spraying Take Down around my collection (on the recommendation of Damon Collingsworth at
California Carnivores) and hopefully the aphids will get beaten back before they can do too much damage.
In the mean time though, let's look at other Utrics flowering in my collection, because
Utricularia flowers are the coolest.
First up,
Utricularia subulata and
Utricularia calycifida from a
recent post.
![I bet people would like U. subulata more if it formed actual flowers more often. Utricularia subulata.](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8570/16780385926_6645697c79_c.jpg) |
I like these U. subulata flowers more than the cleistogamous ones (obviously). |
![I entered this plant into the Plant of the Month over at Terra Forums. Good luck guy! Utricularia calycifida.](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7618/16806248085_02967a14b4_c.jpg) |
U. calycifida looking elegant as usual. |
Then a few from today –
Utricularia livida,
Utricularia bisquamata, and
Utricularia sandersonii blue form.
![It's quite hard to photograph a flower this small. Utricularia bisquamata.](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7612/16256830823_8f7ce67649_c.jpg) |
U. bisquamata amongst the Drosera capensis red form (with a D. capensis 'Albino' weed as well). |
![It's like they're buddies. Utricularia sandersonii blue form.](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8742/16256831743_555d2a26d2_c.jpg) |
Angry bunnies and cleistogamous U. subulata flowers. |
That
U. sandersonii pot is a bit messy, but at least the angry bunnies are cute.
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