{"product_id":"aldrovanda-vesiculosa","title":"Aldrovanda vesiculosa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEase to Grow:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to Challenging\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDormancy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative Range:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peaty Wetlands of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5-9 (4-10)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe aquatic Waterwheel Plant, \u003cem\u003eAldrovanda vesiculosa,\u003c\/em\u003e is an aquatic, free-floating, rootless carnivorous plant of boggy waters. The rope-like plant contains successive whorls of bristly traps.  Each trap shaped like a small, wide-mouth clam.  There are 4-9 traps per whorl, and each whorl is about 1\/2\" round, giving the plant a soft rope like appearance.\u003cem\u003e Aldrovanda\u003c\/em\u003e prefers warm, shallow (8-20\"), peaty, dark tea-colored waters rich in tannins and low in nutrients.  It grows best in the sunny partial cover amongst \u003ca title=\"Salvinia\" href=\"https:\/\/carnivorousplantnursery.com\/products\/salvinia\"\u003esalvinia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"Link to Dwarf Pink Water Lily\" href=\"https:\/\/carnivorousplantnursery.com\/products\/red-dwarf-water-lily\"\u003ewater lilies\u003c\/a\u003e and other emergent plants. The white flowers are small, and on short stalks in late summer. Seeds are rare. Reproduction is typically vegetative. It is a perennial and survives freezing by forming turions (winter buds for aquatics). This variety is native to Japan and is winter hardy. Shipped as a small sprig (or turion in cold weather) in water. Sprigs grow rapidly in good conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe genus is monotypic with only one species.  Similar to the classification of the Venus Flytrap (1 genus, 1 species). Aldrovanda can be considered a living fossil, since its lineage dates back to the Tertiary, tens of millions of years ago. \u003cem\u003eAldrovanda vesiculosa\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003erubescens\u003c\/em\u003e is a red form that occurs from Australia, and single locations in Botswana and Hungary.  \u003cspan\u003eCultures may contain small amounts of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eother aquatic plants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographs are representative of species and not the specific Waterwheel carnivorous plant for sale. In it's dormant season, it will be shipped as a dormant turion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Perennial, Temperate to Warm Temperate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peaty bog water, dark tea color\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright to partial bright indoors, full sun to dappled shade outdoors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grows well in the bog pool, greenhouse and indoors. Helps control mosquito larva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/7401\/1967\/products\/aldrovanda.248.jpg?v=1522008539\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0011\/7401\/1967\/products\/aldrovanda.1677.jpg?v=1522008540\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carnivorous Plant Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48372942930165,"sku":"36A10.1","price":12.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8274\/2261\/files\/aldrovanda.270.jpg?v=1783376106","url":"https:\/\/nortrano.com\/products\/aldrovanda-vesiculosa","provider":"nortrano","version":"1.0","type":"link"}