U. asplundii in flower, extremely strange flowers

[daniel]

Hi all,

in the moment one of my U. asplundii forms is in flower, i´m growing also another form of it.

All in all this species seems to be very variable.
Here are some pictures of other forms from other growers:
www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25783&hl=asplundii

here is even a possible hybrid with U. jamesoniana (the first pictures)
forum.carnivoren.org/topic.php?id=10139&highlight=asplundii&

my flowers have been similar to these
www.vorasite.fr/pages/u_asplundiipag.html

Very nice flowers, but all of them are relatively different.
The last 2 years my flower was very similar to the third link, but both times i have had only one flower stalk.
This year there are 5 and in my eyes 4 of them are looking totally different.
They have 2 lobes more than the "normal" flower.

This is the reason why i wanted to show a lot of pictures from several views.

Here is the plant itself, it´s growing in a 7 cm pot.



normally my flowers are looking this way





But now there are also flowers that are looking this way, till now all the flowers from the same flower stalk are relatively identical, so there is a chance that it´s stable , or is it only something like a "mutation".
emerging flower

the flowers are also much bigger because of the 2 additional lobes















together with my nice fingers , to bring it better in position, but it´s not the same flower i´ve shown above








I hope you like them.

Bye the way, has anybody observed similar or totally different flowers till now?
I would be happy to see more forms of this species, so, if anybody has observed "strange" flowers, feel free to post them here.

Best regards,

Dani

[andreas]

HUCH!!!! THAT´S CRAZY!!! It looks like your U. asplundii wants to be a Paphiopedilum flower!!!! ;D

You should register it as a cultivar: "U. asplundii cv. 'flying hound'" LOL

Please save me a part of it! ;D I like it!

Cheers,

Andy

[Brian Barnes]

Hi Dani,
A very nice flower and photo! Thanks for sharing with us,
Happy Growing,
Brian.

[andreas]

By the way...

Dani, does your Utricularia asplundii experience some kind of rest or dormancy like cool temperature or drier soil to put up flowers or do you think such dormancy-like conditions are necessary to make U. asplundii flower. My plant´s big enough to actually flower, too. But I use to give my large blooming bladder worts a couple of months drier soil and cooler temperature over winter.


Thanks in advance,

Andreas

[daniel]

Many thanks Andreas and Brian.

Andreas, a Paphiopedilum flower is a well choosen comparison. ;D
It seems to be craisy.

Fore sure i can reserve you a devision.

It´s growing in one of my terrariums.
If you perhaps remember i´m never watering my plants directely, at night a fogger is working all the time while from outside a fan is ventilating my terrarium with air from outside (i have a hole in the wall ).
Here is a link about my terrarium:www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24464&hl=heliamphora

Due to this method the temperature drops more than 10 degree at night (in the moment about 13 degree).
In summer the difference between night and day temperatures is a little bit smaller.
In the moment i have 10-12 degree at night.
But i don´t think that the soil is drier than during summer, perhaps only a little bit because of the drier air during winter.

So i think that the cooler nights may help to induce the flowering, this seems to be more important.


Here i have 2 other pictures, the first shows a flower, where the 2 additional lobes are splitted (till now it´s the first flower that is looking this way ). The other picture shows the difference in the size between the "normal" and the "strange" flowers.




Best regards,

Dani