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Pinguicula pollination

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Not as obvious, but:

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Thought I would update this for a final time. Flower was pollinated Oct. 31, 2011, seed harvested Dec. 1, 2011.

P. Sumidero 1 seeds from the pod pictured in my previous posts (please ignore the terrible cellphone picture):

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P. laueana flower

Up until recently, i hadn't really tried to pollinate very many of my Pinguicula flowers, but lately i've had success with pollinating some P. lilacina flowers and germinating the seed from those attempts.

I attributed that success to the rather roomy interior of the P. liacina flowers and also the relative closeness of the stigma flap to the flower's opening, making for easier working/pollinating conditions

This P. laueana flower is currently in the final stages of being fully opened, and i had a closer look at it today to try and determine how difficult this flower might be to pollinate.

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I was surprised to see the stigma flap was right flush at the throat opening of the flower and that pollen was clearly visible behind the flap, to the left, once i had a closer look.

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Having everything up front and centre does make for a much easier pollination atempt. :cool:

dvg
 
P. laueana flower

A freshly pollinated flower.

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Yesterday the pollen didn't release onto the toothpick, but today the toothpick picked up the pollen well and i was able to dab quite a bit of pollen onto the stigma.

dvg
 
P. laueana swollen seed pod

amphirion said:
very nice! i hope your plant is self-fertile! i hear certain clones of laueana dont produce pollen because of TC issues?
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Thanks Amphirion, yesterday i was almost ready to concede that maybe the pollen produced from this flower might not be viable.

The flower had been pollinated with a toothpick for three or four consecutive days, and yet the flower continued to stay atop the scape in seemingly pristine condition instead of dropping after a few days as would be expected from a pollinated Pinguicula.

But last night around midnight, i noticed that the flower petals had noticably drooped.

Later on today i took another closer look and accidentally knocked the bloom off of the flower and this swollen seed pod is what's left to show for my efforts.

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Hopefully, i'll be able to harvest some viable seed from this plant...i'd love to have some unique P. laueana seedlings, especially seedlings from a plant that doesn't mind flowering.

dvg
 
I wanted to report my success with this, but didn't wanna start a new thread. Hope it's okay to just put it up here.

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P. x 'Tina' crossed back on itself. Any idea how viable the seed might be? I'll have to find space for a pot to try them in...
 
That's looking like a full seed pod developing for you there.

Hopefully you get a lot of viable seed from that pod.

Here's an update on the the P. laueana flower that i pollinated and it's still swelling seed capsule.

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dvg
 
dvg,

What're your plans for germinating those seeds of yours? I'd love to coordinate our efforts to experiment with germination methods for these guys.

-CJ


*****Nevermind, the seedpod opened today and revealed that it was actually empty today. (I had a vial under it to catch the seeds when they fell, and it's totally empty)******
 
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