Re:Mutant Drosera Blooms...RUN!

From: John Green (HPJGREEN@ihc.com)
Date: Wed Feb 16 2000 - 07:13:52 PST


Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:13:52 -0700
From: "John Green" <HPJGREEN@ihc.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg458$foo@default>
Subject: Re:Mutant Drosera Blooms...RUN!


>I had a very odd occurance in my greenhouse these
>past few weeks. I have 4 Drosera capensis in bloom,
>and two of them have formed a single bloom stalk with
>TWO flower stalks on the end!
>Has anyone else ever had this happen? I'm hoping they
>make viable seed, a 2 for 1 deal and all.

I've seen this several times on my D. capensis. I think I've usually
ended up with about 40 to 50 flowers on it. I've been told it is
uncommon, but not rare, to have a double flower stalk. And yes, it will
produce viable seed (lots!).

John Green
Salt Lake City, Utah



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