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Heeeeelp...... I just received GA3 for Byblis hybrid seeds....

  • #101
I might have a hard time of having two plants of either A or B flowering much less at the same. I might get one of A and one of B flowering at the same time. I wonder if the pollen can be stored for a few weeks?
 
  • #102
Not open all the way, yet:


I was wondering the same thing.

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  • #103
Re: Pollen storage
Only one way to find out :)
 
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  • #105
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  • #106
Get a tuning fork or catch a bee and put it against the anthers to save some pollen.
 
  • #107
make tip cuttings and have the main plant send out two laterals and triple the chances that one or more stems has a flower. reminds me I need to sow my seeds soon. was waiting for things to warm up here...
 
  • #108
make tip cuttings and have the main plant send out two laterals and triple the chances that one or more stems has a flower. reminds me I need to sow my seeds soon. was waiting for things to warm up here...

I'll have to try that. In the meantime, at another location of the main stem, a second flower bud has emerged. I just wish the other mature, viable plant would get its act together! They are the same age...
 
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  • #110
Pop an antihistamine before you start collecting the pollen. Seriously, just reading this thread is getting my nose itchy and eyes watery! I am definitely getting a mask next season when the flowers of the new set of plants are blooming.

I am beginning the miss the smaller self-pollinating B. liniflora...
 
  • #111
B. 'Goliath' x guehoi
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I don't see the pulvinus as seen by Brian Barnes and Siggi Hartmeyer on B. 'Goliath'
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There's a lot of variability among the plants:

(same plant as above, no branching)
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Plenty of branching on this one:
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No branching on these:
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(two plants)
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B. guehoi - a lot of variability here too
"A" out of 8 only 2 survivors, this one went downhill recently
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"B" again only two survivors
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This is the only one of the B. guehoi to show any branching so far.
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  • #112
Wowser powser and congratulations!
 
  • #113
B. 'Goliath' x guehoi

Almost, maybe for Easter Sunday
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there are at least 3 more buds on the same plant (one behind the curled leaf)
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Second, much small plant, no branching as of yet
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Now I can see why Hollywood and artists usually depict the flower as the trapping/eating part of "man-eating" plants.

I wonder if these hybrids are fertile and self-compatible. Perhaps not self-pollinating though.
 
  • #114
My flower keeps on opening up every morning. Maybe we should save pollen?
 
  • #115
That might be a plan. I have to find that battery powered toothbrush I have somewhere. The rechargeable ones died not to long ago. I wonder if a cell phone set on vibrate would do the trick? But then if you are allergic to the pollen you may not want to put a pollen covered cell phone anywhere near your mouth and nose.
 
  • #116
LOL! I'm allergic to pollen but would gladly risk a sneezing attack! I just don't own an electric toothbrush. I'm not sure I have anything that vibrates. i could always butcher the flower, like Mexican ping flower....
 
  • #117
You can probably rupture the pollen sacs by rubbing the anthers vigorously with a watercolor paint brush.
 
  • #118
I used a pair of tweezers and flicked the anthers a few times. The pollen would then land on the petals. That's how my pollen allergy started...

In your conditions, it should be easier as the RH is lower. I couldn't get much pollen from the B52's since the RH was above 85% during the past few weeks.
 
  • #119
The one flower just closed up for good, yesterday.

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This is the goilath x guehoi:

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  • #120
Both plants now have flower buds emerging. There may be hope yet.
 
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