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Post by Rug on Sept 4, 2007 19:46:22 GMT -5
How long after a Drosera flowers should the stalk be cut to obtain seed? Just wondering because I have about 20 stalks coming up from my various plants. I have a Bianta and a Martson dragon in flower at the moment and I would definatly like some seed from them I just dont wanna cut them too early.
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Post by Syble on Sept 4, 2007 21:15:35 GMT -5
i wait for the capsuals to mature, but a note on those specific plants, they need to be cross polinated! Sib
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Post by lloyd on Sept 4, 2007 21:54:37 GMT -5
With sundews, I wait until the capsules are dried up and just starting to leak seeds before I harvest them.
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Post by Rug on Sept 4, 2007 22:10:50 GMT -5
Ahhh bummer. I let em flower cause I read that drosera's all will self seed. Now the flowers are dried up. And I had a couple of em flowering too. Oh well point taken. What about d. madagascarnenisis and d. Tok., d. sapatulata. I have a few others also but I have to get the name off the pot. I also have a bunch of other seeds that I have sown of other droseras. Is there only a few that don't self seed, and if so which ones. Is there any way that someone could write up which drosera do and don't self seed. Maybe we can make a post of a list of all known drosera species and which ones self seed and which ones don't. I'm sure I'm not the only one here or that will come here that doesn't know. If someone knows where I can find that info other than here I will try and get the info and start a thread on that and ppl can add any info that may be important to that species.
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Post by lloyd on Sept 4, 2007 22:13:54 GMT -5
I think if you ever want to get seed and have more than one plant of a species flowering at once it is always a good idea to try to self pollinate whether it is self-fertile or not.
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Post by Rug on Sept 4, 2007 22:35:53 GMT -5
Yeah I suppose that makes sense to have more viable seeds. Can flowers jsut be rubbed together to cross pollenate? Or is there a better way to do this. I am not really familiar with the process or exactly what I am looking for as a stigma or the other thingy. LOL. I know it may sound stupid but really I am plant stupid. I am trying to learn but I have never in my life actually grown plants to know what some of the terms or "parts" are!
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Post by lloyd on Sept 4, 2007 22:46:16 GMT -5
Use a toothpick and transfer pollen (often yellow powder from little thread-like structures in flowers (stamens, the powdery part are anthers) to the central, sticky flower part (stigma of pistil) of another plants flower.
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