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Hi
this is the first time I have had a fork-leafed sundew send up a bud
My question is should I cut it off
I have heard that it has an exhausting effect on the plant
could I get seeds if I left it on
or could I make a cutting from the stock
most (all?) binatas need another plant (different clone) to cross polinate with in order to produce seed. I have never gotten seed from mine, so I would cut off the flower stalk and save the plant energy.
the flowers are worth seeing only once and only if you have never seen drosera flowers, they are pretty typical, white in color.
couldn't you guys save pollen from each others flowers and then send it to each other? Wouldn't that let you both get seeds on your plants second flowering? Just a thought...
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Well, I heard most forked sundews originate from one clone. Depends were people bought the plant, I suppose.
I would let it grow untill it is just about to flower and cut it off...then lay it gently on the soil and put a pinch of soil over the two ends and see it you get a "Baby on a flower, Wondering..." tell us what you do and how it works out
Drosera binata flower from the Coromandel, New Zealand, form. The flower is about 15 mm wide. The flowers of this form ARE self fertile.
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tell me if you can see it, I need to know if it is working
Not all binata are from one clone. There are many varieties in Australia and New Zealand. My Drosera binata var. multifada routinely set seed, and my hybrid form will usually serve as a pollen donor, producing seed with almost any other binata. The hybrid is between a pink flowered pendulous form crossed with the white flowered form. I have seed of this available in case you are interested.
I can also attest that these plants will set good seed as I have sent out a good deal of it.
I like your idea of floating the stalks PingMan, does it work with older stalks that have been all the way through flowering? I ask because I have one that is almost up and I might give it a go.
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