Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:05:14 EDT From: MCATALANI@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1143$foo@default> Subject: Re: cephalotus flowers
In a message dated 4/13/00 5:47:36 AM Central Daylight Time,
cp@opus.hpl.hp.com writes:
<< Hi Folks,
This spring, after a feeding of live crickets and being moved to a brighter
spot in my greenhouse, my cephalotus which I got last year from California
Carnivores ( thanks, Peter.. ) decided to give me a flower.
Now, following the conventional wisdom that Flower Removal == Stronger
Plant,
and in search of material for nefarious TC experiments, I have removed the
flower stalk, but this brings up some interesting theoretical questions.
Has anyone had any experience with getting cephalotus to set seed? Are
they
self fertile? Is it dangerous to let a fairly small ceph ( maybe 6-7 small
traps ) flower?
--Albert >>
If you do not want seed, then you might want to try this out. One of my
favorite ways to propagate cephalotus is by removing the flower at the flower
bud....this almost always causes plantlets to develop on the bracts of the
flower stalk ( i think they're bracts, they could be scientifically called
something else...and sometimes plantlets form without the removal of the
flower)...the plantlet will grow to a size of 1"-3", and then I will remove
it...(or sooner if the flower stalk begins to die downwards and reaches the
plantlet) i dip the cut end in rootone and pot it up...success rate is near
100% (actually, I cant think of one that failed) It's a very effective way of
receiving a larger plant very quickly....
Michael Catalani
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