Unknown species of Utricularia

At first, I thought the above species does not belong to the Utricularia genus but rather that of the Aldrovanda. Upon closer inspection, the lateral arrangement of the small numerous traps suggests that it is not an Aldrovanda species ( www.bestcarnivorousplants.com ).

Biker, do you know where your specimen was collected: Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan, or South America? It would narrow down the species list tremendously. Here is an incredible catalog of the various Utricularia species found throughout the world: http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/aldrovanda/aldrovanda_for_sale.htm

Some possible candidates include U. australis, U. foliosa, U. stellaris. Utricularia australis seems to resemble your specimen best.

Yea, that is most definitely not Aldrovandra....I am currently growing Aldrovandra in one of my tanks. It does not get bushy like that. Beautiful Utricularia Biker.

put it in a pond let it flower and u can id. it easily when u have the flower. my friend has a book with over 200 spicies of utricularia...

THat looks just like the species that grows in my lake, here in florida. Except mine is greenish yellow. WHatever grows down here is probably it.

What grows down in your lake is most likely NOT it...there are hundreds of species of Utricularia. My guess is that species comes from New South Wales Australia like biker suggested.

Here is a good resource on the many species of Utricularia...and like Mor B said, the best way to find out the species is to let it flower

http://www.humboldt.edu/~rrz7001/Utricularia.html

Sorry if this is a naive question, but in what respect is the uticularis carnivorus? How does it feed and on what?

Check the following link:

http://www.islandnet.com/~tmalcolm/index.html

Andrew Cribb