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Post by dvg on Dec 7, 2012 15:49:28 GMT -5
Thanks guys. Nice flower DVG. Do you wait for the stygma flap to lower before trying any pollination ? I find out it take a very long time before we can see the flap and I didn't succeeded in my last attempt. Tks Shoggoths, i will usually wait until the day after a flower has opened, before i will attempt pollination of said flower. And i will retry again each day for the next 3 or 4 days. After that time, the petals wilt and fall. These plants were sown from seed just over a year ago, and the two biggest plants are now flowering. This one is working on its fourth flower. The same flower from above, grown out a bit more. Another plant has just opened another flower. It is similar to the first flower shown, except it has much less splotching around the flower opening. dvg
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Post by justinlee123 on Dec 7, 2012 20:34:19 GMT -5
Nice pics!
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Post by shoggoths on Dec 7, 2012 20:58:47 GMT -5
The last flower pic is really sharp. Nice.
Tks for the tips.
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Post by dvg on Dec 8, 2012 16:23:59 GMT -5
Thanks guys.
Photobucket does take some of the crispness out of the pics, but then again it's a free service to use.
And in the end, it does get the point across.
dvg
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Post by dvg on Mar 5, 2015 16:58:57 GMT -5
In 2013, a few of these P.agnata flowers were either self-pollinated or cross-pollinated with the darkest sibling clones. On July 28, 2013, the seed produced from those pollination attempts was sown, resulting in about 200 seedlings springing up. Those seedlings were observed; the first ones to color up and darken their early leaves were fed and allowed extra growing space, eventually being moved to avoid overcrowding. Of those 200 second generation seedlings, here are a few that have been chosen to either be grown on or worked on further. The largest specimen, on the far right, is a clone/leaf pulling of the dark 'mother' in the first post of this thread, for comparison. It is the parent of all the other seedlings in the pic above and the pic below. One of these second generation seedlings seems to be showing more of the blue pigments than the other colored clones, which for the most part, tend to have more of the red to reddish-brown pigments. This clone was chosen for its color and ability to color up very quickly from typical 'drought mode' yellow. It will be interesting to follow up with this clone. Hopefully it will hold the keys to unlocking a dark indigo colored 3rd or 4th generation P. agnata. dvg
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Post by amanitovirosa on Mar 5, 2015 23:18:52 GMT -5
...wow!, what a great thread, post and plants. Excellent work!
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Post by roraima on Mar 5, 2015 23:22:36 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning, thanks for sharing dvg.
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Post by dvg on Mar 7, 2015 15:19:24 GMT -5
Thanks guys, It was warm enough today to take a pic outside in full sun. dvg
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Post by Apoplast on Mar 8, 2015 14:01:24 GMT -5
Hi DVG - They really are very nice!
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Post by dvg on Mar 10, 2015 15:43:58 GMT -5
Hi Apoplast,
Thanks, I thought you might like these with your preference for species plants.
Hybrids can allow changes to occur faster, but there is still a lot of latitude for modification within the species realm.
Now that this new generation of offspring is looking promising, hopefully the resulting generations will hold more treasures and hidden surprises.
dvg
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Post by dvg on Mar 13, 2015 14:25:28 GMT -5
These are still coloring up, but they'll be fed now and hopefully they'll be flowering by year's end. Would like to see how another generation of these will turn out. dvg
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Post by dvg on Feb 27, 2016 14:21:23 GMT -5
Here is an update on some of these second generation seed grown P. agnata plants, now coming into flower. The plant at the top of the pot, in the previous post, (not shown in today's post) has already flowered with a scented flower and has retained its pinkish color. The hope now is to see if these darker colored plants also have scented flowers. Then some will be chosen to make a third generation of colored P. agnata plants, with traits of scented flowers and even darker colored leaves. The process would be quicker with the help of CRISPR and better knowledge of the Pinguicula genome. Then snippets of gene sequences could be chosen and inserted for traits such as leaf shape, red, brown, purple or indigo pigmentation and of course for scented flowers... ...to create a most beautiful Franken-ping. dvg
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Post by WillyCKH on Feb 27, 2016 22:55:25 GMT -5
so beautiful! I love your Pings, DVG!
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Post by Aggie on Mar 2, 2016 9:16:42 GMT -5
Those look amazing, fantastic colour!
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Post by dvg on Mar 8, 2016 18:16:02 GMT -5
Thanks guys, Here are those colored P. agnata with a typical green P. agnata in there for comparison's sake. The mother of these second generation colored clones is in the bottom right hand corner. The fact that her chosen offspring have surpassed the mother is terms of coloring makes me think i didn't waste my time in making these clones and actually encourages me to take another roll of these genetic dice. dvg
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