Re: Culture

Jan Schlauer (Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de)
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:06:22 +0100

Dear Guido,

>I do not know whether my earlier posting about this got through. So
>once again:

So far, only your second attempt reached me.

>Does anyone out there have plenty of experience with the cultivation
>of Biovularia, Ibicella and Genlisea, and wants to share is expertise
>with us??

First, I do not have *plenty* of experience with the cultivation of any of
the sections/genera you mentioned.

Biovularia is now generally considered a synonym of _Utricularia_. The very
small aquatic species of this are difficult to find but I doubt they are
more difficult to grow than e.g. _U.minor_.

_Ibicella_ (once you have it and *not* _Proboscidea_ s.str.!) should not be
complicated as an annual (similar in cultivation to _Datura_, Solanaceae).
Barry (Dr. Meyers-Rice) is the expert in this sub-carnivore. At least, he
is perfect in finding out that the seeds labelled "Ibicella" were in fact
_Proboscidea_, once again... ;-)

I have managed to germinate _Genlisea pygmaea_, _G.repens_, and
_G.filiformis_ in vitro but all grew only for a while and finally perished.
Joachim Nerz is much more successful with _G.violacea_, which even flowered
in vitro. _G.hispidula_ and at least _G.pygmaea_ and _G.repens_ can be
grown by the same methods like terrestrial _Utriculariae_ in pot culture.
Some other species (almost all of which from a well-known source in Brasil
(Hi!)) are in cultivation as well.

Kind regards
Jan