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Post by amanitovirosa on Jan 27, 2015 19:49:37 GMT -5
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Post by Maiden on Jan 27, 2015 19:53:52 GMT -5
Yes, its a flower stalk  Some vfts have this genetic, but its very rare. If you got seeds from these plants, the seedlings will probably do the same. Congrats ! |
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jan 27, 2015 19:59:26 GMT -5
...Maiden, have you ever had this happen to any of your seedlings?, did you let them flower? Is it possible for a Dionaea seeling to flower at 2 months old? Can't be.
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Post by roraima on Jan 27, 2015 20:14:02 GMT -5
Crazy, I've seen pygmy VFT that flower at that size as adults but never 2 month old seedlings!
Congrats on the strange and cool progeny Amanito.
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jan 27, 2015 20:24:08 GMT -5
Thanks Roraima, I probably won't be snipping these off to promote more leaf and trap growth. I'm actually very curious to see what they will grow up to be.
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Post by Devon on Jan 27, 2015 23:15:33 GMT -5
I had a seedling in 2011 that flowered. I had a picture but I can't find it. . I don't have any of my seedlings from 2011 either unfortunately. I read that they do this because of stress. Here's a thread on cpuk: www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=54566 |
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Post by H2O on Jan 28, 2015 0:16:05 GMT -5
Thanks Roraima, I probably won't be snipping these off to promote more leaf and trap growth. I'm actually very curious to see what they will grow up to be. You will or won't be cutting the flower? If you let it flower it's almost a sure thing it will die. I would totally cut the spike and see if it is genetic. Raise them up so it can survive setting seed and see if the next seedlings do the same thing. |
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Post by Maiden on Jan 28, 2015 0:17:01 GMT -5
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Post by Maiden on Jan 28, 2015 0:18:31 GMT -5
Thanks Roraima, I probably won't be snipping these off to promote more leaf and trap growth. I'm actually very curious to see what they will grow up to be. You will or won't be cutting the flower? If you let it flower it's almost a sure thing it will die. I would totally cut the spike and see if it is genetic. Raise them up so it can survive setting seed and see if the next seedlings do the same thing. I 100% agree. Anyway the flowers will probably abort.. |
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Post by Devon on Jan 28, 2015 1:25:08 GMT -5
The seedling that I had just divided in two and kept growing, though it was a little older than Gabriel's. Maiden: Interesting. I wonder if the mutation causes them to flower early and continue growing to a normal size, or if they are already at their max size. I have had Drosera flower as seedlings a couple times and they just continued to grow to maturity. Right now I have a couple pygmies which are flowering early as well. |
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Post by Maiden on Jan 28, 2015 12:36:10 GMT -5
Devon: Good question. As far as i know, the lil plant continue to grow at normal size. Also i never saw a drosera seedling in bloom, quite interesting! I think you have a real green thumb. Gabriel: here a more complete thread: www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/it-s-genetic-t5385.htmlMatt is the owner of flytrapcare store & forum. Ask him any question you want, he is truly a dionaea genius. And im proud to say he is also a personnal friend All the seeds grown vfts i sold last spring are from him. |
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Post by lloyd on Jan 28, 2015 15:11:43 GMT -5
The only Drosophyllum I ever germinated grew to 2 cm high, flowered and died after a month or two.
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Post by Maiden on Jan 28, 2015 15:22:11 GMT -5
You are better than me, i often tried to germinate drosophyllums. 0/25
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jan 28, 2015 19:36:25 GMT -5
...thanks for all the input guys. After checking out the threads on the other forums it turns out that this is really not that rare, probably just a 'Dionaea Caprice'. Anyways, I found another one.  440 Jan 28 (1246x1280) by mrvirosa, on Flickr ...so that's 3, but they are all very different. I will be leaving the stalks. Cheers! |
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Post by amanitovirosa on Feb 20, 2015 17:57:51 GMT -5
...hey guys, here is one of my tiny seedlings on Jan 28 (already posted somewhere in a different thread), germinated Nov 24.  440 Jan 28 (1246x1280) by mrvirosa, on Flickr ...and here he is today, a 3 month old seedling flower in bloom! This is a first for me. I had no idea they could flower this young. It is definitely spring in my basement!, (-30 outside  )  641 Feb 20 (1280x960) by mrvirosa, on Flickr Thanks for looking. |
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439 Jan 27 (1280x960) by mrvirosa, on Flickr
438 Jan 27 (1280x960) by mrvirosa, on Flickr
Some vfts have this genetic, but its very rare. If you got seeds from these plants, the seedlings will probably do the same. 
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