Utricularia praetermissa 50+ seed! Huge carnivorous plant flowers!

Description

Utricularia praetermissa
“Epiphytic badderworth”
Fresh collected with high germination rate. All seeds were stored in the fridge in temperature around 4°C/39°F until sold. Large number ensures big germination of plants.
Seeds are tiny small like dust (1mm length). Handle with care when sowing the seeds. Propagation and germination notes will be included with the seeds, sow inmediately.
Native to Central America it is a beautiful, huge flower forming carnivorous plant species having pointy leaves up to (10 cm) long. It is one of the easiest epiphytic Utricularia to grow and care. It is a free-flowering and fascinating house plant that may bloom after short 8 months after sowing. The plant lives 3 years or more, producing new plants on stolons during the way!
Growing Utricularia praetermissa is fun and simple. The leaves are not carnivorous, aswell as the flowers, but the plant has an underground network of modified stems which have suction traps that catch microscopic insects. Underground it also makes 1cm tubers filled with water which makes it survive dry periods in its natural habitat. In nature it has been seen growing on very thick sphagnum, mosses high in the trees, decaying wood and even moss covered stones.
Cultivation:
Carnivorous plants WILL NOT tolerate salts and minerals; do not water with city water or hard water. Only rainwater, reverse osmosis or distilled water should be used, this is essential to this plant, otherwise slow decay and death will overcome in weeks. This water can be found at aquariums and some nurseries. It needs to be kept constantly moist to wet, ideally with a misting system but not on a water tray.
DO NOT FERTILIZE!
Utricularia preatermissa needs full sun to light shade for at least 4 hours a day. Acidic soil mix of 50:50 long fibered sphagnum and sand/perlite, or pure live Sphagnum moss works fine. The pots may be of 3” deep or more for better results and best on open sided pots. Temperature can range from 45 to 90F.
Germination:
Seeds start to germinate 30days after sowing over chopped sphagnum moss or really moist peat, cover the container with plastic and bring a fluorescent light near them (incandescent light is too hot for this) weekly spray water over the seeds that need to be Sprinkled over the medium, do not bury them. Transplant when they are 5mm or higher to a place where the conditions above said are met.
Notes
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Does not tolerate frost!
It is a highland plant so it needs cool conditions to thrive.
Please note that you will receive a packet of seeds NOT a plant.
All payments by PAYPAL only, please!
Quarantine Issues
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Please check on your custom regulation on imported plants on your country before purchasing. I cannot be hold responsible for item confiscated by your custom. I ship items worldwide!
Please take in note international postal service may take over a month to arrive to you, so be patient for your seeds! You will simply love them when they arrive!
Note:
Seeds are packed dry and should be planted upon arrived, the faster the better! Successful germination of seeds and growth of young plants is dependent on the environment you provide for them.
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Here is a normality chart for item arrival times:
Central America  1-2 weeks
South America and North America 3-5 weeks
Europe 4-6 weeks
Africa, Asia and Australia 6-8 weeks
Please contact me after the normality time is over.