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Post by lloyd on Jul 31, 2008 13:21:54 GMT -5
I just noticed that my badgerup's have 4 petals, which I've never noticed before. Maybe I never looked that closely in the past. I thought that only pygmaea had 4 petals. Although my pygmaea flowers never open: cleistogamous. My pygmaea is also incredibly fertile with seeds germinating within a week or two of "flowering" (never opening). None of my other pygmies have ever had fertile seed.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jul 31, 2008 13:42:04 GMT -5
Hi Lloyd,
I had two D. pygmaea that grew out for me from the gemmae that you sent me... I would have had more, but I had them in that wonderful peat/sand mix that has been nothing but trouble for me. Anyway, I moved the two survivors to a peat/perlite mix and they grew. One of them has flowered for me - a big pink one that is as big as the whole plant. I didn't have time to get a photo, unfortunately... but I thought you'd like to know.
I'm very happy with it.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by lloyd on Jul 31, 2008 20:08:52 GMT -5
That's good. Not one of my pygmaea flowers has opened but they spread seedlings all over. I had to isolate it in a corner.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Aug 1, 2008 8:39:50 GMT -5
That's a kind of problem I wish I had with many of my CP. Too many babies.
Hopefully I'll get some of my own one day.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by Christian on Aug 2, 2008 2:13:59 GMT -5
Hello,
Drosera pygmaea and Drosera x badgerup are the only Drosera known to me, that always have 4 petals. All other pygmy Drosera have 5 petals (especially the parents of that Hybrid.
You can get fertile seeds without doing anything from Drosera pygmaea, pulchella and Drosera occidentalis ssp. These plants regularly produce seeds in my collection. All other pygmy need to be cross-pollinated (at least in my experience) to produce seeds at all.
Christian
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Post by lloyd on Aug 2, 2008 12:54:26 GMT -5
Thanks, Christian
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