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Most of the bladderworts we see in NJ have yellow flowers. It was a delight to see a mass of these purple beauties sticking out of the water.
resting on bladderwort (utricularia) Carnivorous Plant
Kleines Granatauge (Erythromma viridulum) auf eienr Blüte des Wasserschlauchs
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Bladderwort - Utricularia menziesii
An insectivorous plant which traps tiny aquatic insects in its root system comprising "bladders" which are joined to a central tuber or corm via stolons. Each bladder has a trigger which, when fired, sucks in the insect with water and digests it. The flower only attracts insects for pollination purposes, the "pitcher"-like appendage does not apparently act as an insect trap. (thanks to esperancewildflowers.blogspot.com.au)
Torndirrup, Albany, Western Australia
Bladderworts are aquatic carnivorous plants which possess many small capsule-like traps which are used to swallow tiny zooplankton. There are 14 species in Florida with U. inflata being among the largest.
Florida yellow bladderwort (Utricularia floridana) - Gopher Ridge Road, Tiger Bay State Forest, Volusia County, Florida
Zigzag Bladderwort (Utricularia subulata) - The corner of Spur Road and Lake Charlie Road, Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, 3365 Taylor Creek Road, Christmas, Florida
And in the crop on the right, you can see how it zig zagged through two twigs to hold itself steady for this capture.
FYI - These carnivorous plants are tiny, with the blossoms just a wee bit bigger than ⅛" in size. So, it they're eating any bugs, they would have to be the size of No-see-ums or mosquitoes.
Just a small section of hundreds on the edge of a swamp. Northern Territory. These plants have the very unromantic common name of Bladderworts. They are Utricularia leptoplectra but they do look nice.
Utricularia (you-trick-you-lair-ee-a) or ‘bladderworts’ as they are commonly known, are an intriguing genus of herbs common in the Top End of the Territory. Thirty-six described species, over a half of Australia’s taxa, can be found in the Darwin region. Some species are quite conspicuous due to their abundance and colourful flowers, however many are very small and cryptic. The stem and flower of a recently described species, U. simmonsii, is scarcely larger than a pinhead. The small stature of Utricularia species shrouds a deceptive and remarkable aspect of the genus; the ability to ‘prey’ on living organisms. Carnivory in Utricularia Tiny sacs attached to the ‘roots’ and stems of the plants are complex traps with the ability to catch and digest microscopic aquatic animals. A door and hinge seal the inside of the trap under negative pressure to the surrounding water (a vacuum). Trigger hairs on the outside act as levers and mechanically break the vacuum when touched, sucking in surrounding water and its prey.
Info courtesy of www.nretas.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/11020/Ut...
This is a carnivorous plant. I was intrigued that another predator (spider) was using it as a base. HWW
Most likly this is a deformed flower of the humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba). The flower was half the size of a typical U. gibba.
Had a lovely walk through Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary today, and saw some unique wildflowers. The Hemlock is said to be highly poisonous. The Scentless Camomile, while pretty, is a much-hated invasive weed. We don't have a lot of water plants in Calgary, and so it was nice to see the Common Bladderwort. Smooth Fleabane is not an uncommon wildflower, but still pretty to see.
At 2500m elevation. This is the typical ecological occurrence for this species in the guiana shield region. Observe the small dark tendrils across the bromeliad leaves. These tendrils are stolons of U humboldtii that will periodically elongate and grow into an adjacent bromeliad. The stolon, upon finding new water, will start the growth of a new plant. Therefore, this species is able to literally move from one bromeliad to another over time.
Common Bladderwort is a free-floating plant with no roots - I had no idea it had these yellow flowers. The most amazing thing is that there are no dragonflies or damselflies in this shot. They were everywhere around the water this evening.
"Bladderwort is a carnivorous species many have learned about in their junior high/middle school science classes. Small bladders are inflated sacs that are triggered to ensnare tiny aquatic organisms.....Although the commonly held view is that the bladders of bladderworts are for capturing and digesting microorganisms that provide the plant with nutrients, bladders more often have been observed to contain communities of microorganisms (bacteria, algae, and diatoms) living in the bladders, not as prey, suggesting that the bladders may also, and perhaps more importantly, serve to establish mutually beneficial relationships with some microorganisms." www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/common-bladderwort
A beautiful blanket of purple flowers around some Paperbark trees.
These are Bladderwort, (Utricularia leptoplectra) , one of number of a carnivorous plants in the Northern Territory. The undersides of the leaves are yellow .
These delightful little flowers have been flowering for about a month on the moss and in winter wet areas.
Don't you just love their back "head fans'. :)
Utricularia menziesii
Bladderwort is a carnivorous plant. It has small bladders that are inflated sacs that are triggered to ensnare tiny aquatic organisms.
Amsterdamse Waterleiding Duinen, The Netherlands
Thanks to Malcolm (mmmavocado) and Maryann (Maryann's*****Fotos) for identifying this plant as Bladderwort - Utricularia radiata. It is native to our area and is carnivorous - read about it at www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/utriculariaradi.html.
I keep going back to this pond that is filled with bladderwort in flower, spectacular display from this carnivorous plant.
Tiny snapdragon-like yellow flowers of common bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza) have emerged in one of my small frog ponds.
Bladderwort's roots are free floating and carnivorous, containing tiny bladder 'traps' that are triggered by small hairs. They snap shut using negative pressure around tiny protozoa and other microscopic creatures, then when the bladderwort is larger, feeding on mosquito and other insect larvae, and even small tadpoles.
This is a picture of Humped Bladderwort on the South Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Laurel, Maryland.
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Day trip to a couple of upstate South Carolina's Heritage Preserves for some early Summer wildflowers. Lots of color but no big surprises. I saw a couple of native orchid species as well as some carnivorous plant species. There's something blooming up there almost any time of the year.
They're very small and would easily be missed by most, but I knew where a clump of them had been growing and went looking. Unfortunately some over-zealous people had cleared the roadside area where they had been growing last year and thus killed them all off. But then, walking back along a different path of the Celery Pine Forest today, I spotted these plants growing in the moss. Sundew are carnivorous plants that derive some or most of their nutrients by trapping and consuming animals such as insects or other arthropods. In New Zealand we have Drosera (sundews) - seven native species - and Utricularia (bladderworts) - three native species.
These carnivorous plants are not anchored by roots and the floating filamentous fronds from which the flowering stems arise can be seen below the flowers. Otmoor RSPB Reserve was, until a few years ago just damp farmland crossed by drainage ditches then the RSPB acquired the land and returned it to the marshland it used to be. Now Bitterns, Marsh Harriers, Curlews and even Common Cranes breed there but these flowers were a particular delight for me..