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Post by lloyd on Jan 31, 2016 22:38:09 GMT -5
I have 3 drosophyllum growing in a pot. I noticed one is growing a flower bud. Does the plant die if it flowers? Is it worth cutting off the flower bud?
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Post by Apoplast on Feb 1, 2016 16:05:30 GMT -5
Hi Lloyd - When I grew them, I let them flower. Didn't seem to hurt them. That said, a few years back an enthusiastic grower posted on the ICPS about his plants blooming and then dying suddenly (you can see the thread here). Though, if I recall correctly he was in a hot and humid climate, and kept the plants quite wet. Not sure if that contributed to his sudden losses more than the flowering.
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Post by WillyCKH on Feb 1, 2016 20:56:29 GMT -5
That's good to know! I am attempting few seeds that I have received from John few days ago! So excited.
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Post by H2O on Feb 2, 2016 1:11:57 GMT -5
On this note I really think that people make a bigger deal about the energy put into producing seed. Yes there are some species that die after flowering or don't do well but on a whole seed production doesn't harm the plant. Funnily enough the plant that produced the largest trap for last years Golden Cilia was one of the only plants that I just let flower and set seed.
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