openfire Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Hi there, I would like to share some photos of my windowsill Utricularia, I hope you like them. U. alpina (pictures taken yesterday) U. nelumbifolia x reniformis (the first picture was taken on February, the others on May) U. asplundii (picture from last winter) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthes Lowii Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Very Nice!!! I don't even grow Utricularia!!! Love them!!! BTW just added u as a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mujinamo Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Wow! I can't believe that you grow them on a windowsill. Your plants are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivine Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 amazing pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I'm glad you like them. @Mujinamo: yup I grow them on my windowsill :) Here is a recent photo of the U.alpina with almost all buds opened: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 What kind of windowsill are they growing on?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted June 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 It is a west facing window with direct sunlight. The humidity here in Cologne is constantly high, at the moment it is 50% in the room and 70% at the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Hi OpenFire, Those are fantastic photos of some wonderful plants - thanks for sharing them with us! I'm starting to grow some Utricularia species on my office windowsill, including U.alpina - and will be delighted if they turn out half as good as yours! I've even heard of people growing U.quelchii successfully on windowsills - so if I have success with U.alpina, I may give that one a go in future. And U.asplundii too. Thanks again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hi Adam, thanks for the kind words and good luck with your office experiment. I've also heard of people growing quelchii and humboldtii successfully on windowsills. Maybe I should try with these two as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Good idea! And thanks - hopefully it will work out like yours!I must add, my "office" is a room at home (as I mostly work from home) - and the humidity here in Wales is also high (probably similar to Cologne, maybe even higher at times). I may try Drosera adelae soon too.I do think Utricularia in general have the nicest flowers of all the CP genera. Those U.alpina remind me a bit of some Coelogyne orchids (e.g. C.cristata) from a distance with the while + yellow colour scheme.Anyway - I'll wait to see how successful my U.alpina is first before trying U.quelchii later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted March 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 (edited) Hi there, here a recent photo of my asplundii. Sorry for the bad picture quality, me and my DSLR Camera - we don´t understand each other..yet :) Best, openfire Edited March 13, 2016 by openfire 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Anderson Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Stunning utrics, I've got some orchidiodes utrics on my South East windowsills, a lot are just small plants at the moment, hopefully I might get some flowers from my alpina, nelumbifolia, quellchi auyan/illu tepui, time will tell. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Wow - impressive and beautiful plants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Stunning plants... comparing to my own (much poorer) plants I must ask - do you fertilize them somehow? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Sorry, double-post. Edited March 29, 2016 by Zlatokrt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted April 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 Hi, I don't fertilize them. I have bearly time for them in the last few months, I just water the from time to time. Seems they like that kind of attention. However my nelumbifolia x reniformis didn't bloom this winter, but my alpina has around 10 flowerstalks already. I will upload some photos when the flowers are opened. Best, Ivan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted April 2, 2016 Report Share Posted April 2, 2016 Where do I get a U. alpina? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Baba Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Hampshire carnivores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted April 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) I got my alpina from a german grower two years ago. You can try at Thomas Carow or Christian Klein. @carni grower: full sun kills the leaves of my alpina, they quikly turn yellow and die. You should obsevre your plants. Still, I don't know how strong the sun in Edinburgh is. Edited April 3, 2016 by openfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Anderson Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) I got my alpina from a german grower two years ago. You can try at Thomas Carow or Christian Klein. @carni grower: full sun kills the leaves of my alpina, they quikly turn yellow and die. You should obsevre your plants. Still, I don't know how strong the sun in Edinburgh is. @openfire I keep my alpina on a South East windowsill behind some heliamphora in the winter and in the summer I hang it from the curtain rail so it only gets a little bit of direct sun and a lot of indirect bright light. I've also got one in a West windows with much the same treatment. Yes I've also noticed rapid yellowing of leaves when in too much strong direct sunlight. The alpina and mannii are producing flower buds as I speak and the jamesoniana is producing a flower stalk, the alpina is on a ne window, the mannii and jamesomiana are on a se bathroom windowsill, I'm very excited Mark Edited June 27, 2016 by carni grower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openfire Posted July 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi there, some new photos: U. alpina enjoys the rain outside U. quelchii U. "Jitka" U. "Nüdlinger Flair", won't flower U. asplundii U. blanchetii And a couple of other plants staying together with the Utris on my windowsill: H. heterodoxa x ionasii Roridula gorgonias P. primuliflora "Rose" P. 'El Mirador' I hope you like them. Cheerse, Ivan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Anderson Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Wow, stunning plants and pics, I'm still waiting for my alpina and jamesoniana Colombia to open there flowers, looks like they're going to own soon ish. A jamesoniana amuri tepui that I received recently has nearly fully opened its flower, that it arrived with so can't brag about this one but will be my first jamesoniana flower to fully open. In my collection. Looks like the colombia clone might have smaller flower than amuri, but won't be sure until both have opened. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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