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Plant ID

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Plant ID
From: krandall at world_std.com
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 12:39:05 -0500

>I had a stowaway on my last order of plants, and I was wondering if 
>someone could help me ID it.
>
>It is thread-like--no apparent roots.  Every 1\4 inch to 3\8 inch there 
>is a node, with a couple of hairs (leaves?) and a bubble or bladder 
>smaller than a pinhead with some very fine hairs.  It is apple-green, and 
>just floats around catching on various leaves, etc.  Any ideas?

Sounds like bladderwort (Utricularia sp.) to me.


Karen Randall
Aquatic Gardeners Association

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