Utricularia (Bladderwort)

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:05 pm

If I am correct in my identification, the stringy plant I found in my tropical aquarium is a Bladderwort. This is a carnivorous plant as is very evident by the copepods captured by the traps.

It seems like the speed at which the trap closes is one of the fastest movements in the plant kingdom. It must be highly efficient as almost each trap on the string had at least two to four copepods, rotifers and possibly other crustaceans.

4x,POL

10x, DF

10x, FLUO-C4

20x, FLUO-GFP

20x, DIC

10x, DIC

40x, DIC, Stack of 64 images

2x * 1.6, BF

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:35 pm

Beautiful and interesting

Sam236 · Post by **Sam236** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:43 pm

nice!

the one with 64 stack images looked like a hand of a monster with two long nails. great micrography for the Halloween.

sam

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:32 pm

Great pics of a fascinating carnivore! I have a soft spot for Utricularia, because it is the favorite habitat for the ciliate I've been studying for the past few months!

(For some reason, my little guys never seem to end up inside those bladder-traps).

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:01 am

Very nice and interesting!

Rogelio

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:44 am

Thanks for your comments.

Fredlab · Post by **Fredlab** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:17 am

Extra...
La dernière est ma préférence.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:42 am

Amazing!