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imported_cephalotus88
07-01-2002, 08:10 PM
My Genlisea v. is producing a flower stalk already. What should i do to get seed? Thanks
I'm still waiting on mine to flower so I can't help much but I can tell you that despite repeated reports that Genlisea are self fertile I have yet to get seeds. I recommend you try to pollenate them yourself using a really fine brush.
Pyro
Tamlin Dawnstar
07-03-2002, 08:11 AM
Plants are usually propagated by leaf and trap cuttings. I have never gotten seed either.
Tamlin,
Don't forget that you can use the scape for cuttings too http://64.227.163.178/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif http://64.227.163.178/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
Pyro
dodecatheon
07-03-2002, 11:00 AM
With G. hispidula, at least, I have heard someone complaining that it was becoming a pest on the scale of D. capensis or U. subulata in his collection.
My hispidula is forming some nice plantlets and the scape is still in flower. Not quite a U. subulata and an all around better plant anyways
I can also assert that lobata can be propogated this way as there are some traps starting to form on one of the scapes on my plant. I also think Tamlin has had success getting cuttings from his violacea this way.
Pyro
Tamlin Dawnstar
07-04-2002, 01:50 AM
Yes, I have actually had the best results cutting the scapes into segments each with a bud scale. I insert this vertically into the medium with the scale even or just below the surface. It isn't 100% reliable, but I have gotten some rosettes to form this way, as well as plantletts forming on the scape while it is still in growth.
dodecatheon
07-04-2002, 11:14 AM
Seeing as how this thread has turned to genlisea propogation...
I am having some good luck with G. pallida from leaf cuttings (it is also flowering, so I will try and get seed). But I find that G. leaf cuttings are just too darn slow.
Some genlisea species, like repens and pygmaea seem to grow a bit like utrics, just growing random leaves, rather than well defined rosettes. These are easy to divide.
And if you have G. violacea 'giant', then you can't *stop* it from reproducing. And it really is a giant - mine has a flower stalk 12 inches long already and it hasn't even opened a flower yet!
Dodec,
I also find that leaf cuttings tend to be slow but I have found that a light misting with 1/8 concentration fertilizer can give a boost in growth. I have also noticed a peculiar habit of many of my cuttings to only produce 1-2 leaves and then appear to stop growth but in actuallity they seem to have devoted all their energy into making new traps. This was most obvious to my when I recently went to transfer a cutting into its own pot, it only had 1 leaf but when I uprooted it there were three 2" long traps
Pyro
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