Wild Flowering Plants

Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia alpina   Jacq.
Jamaica, Lesser Antilles to N. Colombia and N. Brazil.
Quite rare epiphytic herb on mossy trees at higher elevations, including montane and cloud montane rainforest.
White storage root tubercles.
Photosynthetic organs (normally two) are not true leaves.
Tiny traps for catching insects on rhizoids (‘roots')
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