Genlisea lobata x flexuosa
Ease to Grow: Easy
Dormancy: No
Native Range: Brazilian highlands
Zones: 8-11 (6-12)
Genlisea lobata x flexxuosa, is a naturally occuring hybrid. Like its parents, it is perennial, semi-aquatic with small, spoon shaped leaves that form a rosette. They typically grow in nutrient poor, peaty wetlands or sandy seeps in fog drenched highlands. Summers are hot and wet, winters are warm and drier. In culture, they prefer sandy peat that is constantly moist, and occasional flooding. The small flowers appear in Spring, with pale violet aprons, and purple veined upper lobes, and a yellow throat patch. Each flower stalk produces a succession of 3 or more flowers. This is one of the larger Genlisea and it flowers easily. Best grown in terrariums or warm greenhouses. A clump or portion of genlisea contains 1 or more plants when shipped.
Note: Genlisea are grown in a peat slurry and are likely to be growing in a natural harmless association with a terrestrial bladderwort.
Height: 1/4+"
Plant Type: Perennial, Tropical
Soil: Lower Bog Mix
Light: Bright to partial bright indoors, full sun outdoors
Use: Grows well in greenhouses, and terrariums.
