I've heard rumors about this happening, but I wonder if any of you have seen this occur in your own plants: gender switching. I have a BE clone of N. vogelii that flowered 14 months ago, and provided me with loads of pollen, with which I successfully made several crosses.
A few days ago I was watching that plant and thought to myself - "I need to check again in a couple days to see if there's pollen to collect", and today I looked, and the plant has opened its first half dozen blooms (on two spikes on the ends of two long vines). And guess what? Now its a female! I have two clones of N. vogelii, and last summer they both flowered at the same time and I remember expressing to several friends how disappointed I was that they were both male, as it would have been nice to make species seed. So I have two plants and have seen both flower before, and both were male, so I know I'm not imagining things...
Anyone here seen this happen?
A few days ago I was watching that plant and thought to myself - "I need to check again in a couple days to see if there's pollen to collect", and today I looked, and the plant has opened its first half dozen blooms (on two spikes on the ends of two long vines). And guess what? Now its a female! I have two clones of N. vogelii, and last summer they both flowered at the same time and I remember expressing to several friends how disappointed I was that they were both male, as it would have been nice to make species seed. So I have two plants and have seen both flower before, and both were male, so I know I'm not imagining things...
Anyone here seen this happen?