Tuberous organ of Utricularia asplundii, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

Bear with me as I'm a little over my head here. Our guide Manuel is obsessed with carnivorous plants. This Utricularia asplundii was not yet flowering yet had this interesting "tubber", a storage organ supposedly evolved to cope with the dry season. It's really tiny and egg-like.

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Christine Young

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That is so cool! I love carnivorous plants! Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  It seems the discovery of a new world to me, once again. Searching for more information I'm coming across carnivorous plant societies, magazines, the like. People crazy obsessed with this Utricularia genus.
  
  It feels very similar to when we learned about the lepanthes orchids last year. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    You only have to worry about carnivorous plants if they start singing, “Feed me Seymour”. Get it? Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Had to look that one up!
      
      Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Lol. Oh how that movie gave me nightmares as a kid. Posted 6 years ago

The Utricularia asplundii

''Utricularia asplundii'' is a small to medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus ''Utricularia''. ''U. asplundii'' is endemic to western South America and is found in Colombia and Ecuador. It was originally published and described by Peter Taylor in 1975. Specimens cited by Alvaro Fernández-Pérez in 1964 from Colombia as ''U. jamesoniana'' were partly ''U. jamesoniana'' and partly ''U. asplundii''.

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Similar species: Lamiales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant