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Are these gemmae?

So I think my pygmy Drosera are making gemmae, and if they are I have a few questions.
1. When should I harvest the gemmae?
2. How should I harvest the gemmae?
and 3. Do I just plant them like seeds?

Here are the gemmae in question:
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Yup. Those are gemmae. Wait until they can easily be removed with tweezers or picked off with a finger nail and just lay them on top of some media.
 
Definately gemmae. They now have the opportunity to spread into hundreds of other plantlets and take over :mwahaha:
 
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As the others have said, those are definitely gemmae. Harvesting them shouldn't be too hard for you since they aren't surrounded by dew covered leaves. What I did was turn the pot upside down (using my thumb to make sure the media didn't slide out of the pot) and then scrape them off with a toothpick onto a new pot. I now have at least 30 D. omissa x pulchella sprouting with more on the way.
 
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Thanks for all the answers guys :) Im glad these are gemmae as the plants in question arent doing too well. If they kick the bucket Ill atleast have these to restart my pygmies.
 
wow, i didn't know you can get more plants from gemmae. Now I'm going to do some research on this subject :) Thanks!!!

Do gamma only come from pygmie sundews?
 
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wow, i didn't know you can get more plants from gemmae. Now I'm going to do some research on this subject :) Thanks!!!

Do gamma only come from pygmie sundews?

I believe so. THey come from other species of plants, but pygmy drosera are the only CPs.
 
Here's a picture of one of my gemmae sprouting, got about 30 of these little guys now. Can't wait until the pot is covered with them.

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Do gamma only come from pygmie sundews?

Liverworts and some other similar types of plants produce gammea as well as a bunch of cold temperate Pings.
 
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