Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:52:07 -0400 From: "Tom Massey" <massey@fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2395$foo@default> Subject: RE: Nepenthes seed
Hey Mike:
I have also had Neps that seemed to produce viable seed that I knew had
little chance of having been fertilized. IMHO it seems that sometimes
Nepenthes do go through the process and develop sterile seed. However,
there are other growers in the St Pete area who grow Neps outside - I know
of about 4 or 5. And that is besides all of the orchid types -- trying to
go upscale :)-- who keep one or two Neps around. So maybe you have a
mystery Nep in the making.
On a related note, I have male Neps blooming all the time and I don't ever
see any insects around the flowers. Anybody know what the likely
pollinators could be? Could this be a night flying moth or fly?
Tom in Fl
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This is a very interesting topic. I have very few female Nepenthes. This
spring a large N. alata did bloom. I left the spent inflorescence on the
plant. I did not pollinate it, and had no other male Nepenthes blooming at
the time. The capsules grew and swelled. They did burst open with what
looks to me like normal Nepenthes seed. But how can this be? Do Nepenthes
waste energy developing sterile seed?
I can add that this plant is located out doors year round. But I personally
know of no other cp growers very close. I am very close to the Gulf of
Mexico and surrounded by Tampa Bay. The seed went everywhere. I have sown
it, but I really expect nothing to happen.
Any comments?
~ Mike
St. Petersburg Fl
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Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 6:27 AM
>
>
> I've had a Nepenthes set viable seed where the nearest known Nep of the
> opposite sex in flower at that time was at a friends house over 2km away.
I
> don't live anywhere near the Nep's natural habitat either. I'm not sure
who
> the polinater was but I suspect a small native bee which lives here in
> Sydney. I don't know the extent of the bee's range, I guess it just got
> lucky.
>
>
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