More on Byblis

From: Loyd Wix (Loyd.Wix@unilever.com)
Date: Mon Jun 02 1997 - 04:48:01 PDT


Date: 02 Jun 1997 12:48:01 +0100
From: "Loyd Wix" <Loyd.Wix@unilever.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2157$foo@default>
Subject: More on Byblis


          
          Nigel,
          
          the B.l.ssp. occidentalis plants I had last year failed to
          set any seed. Like you I was buzzing like mad with my tuning
          fork to release the pollen and cross pollinating between
          plants. After flower drop the plants gave the impression of
          forming seed pods however all of these were empty. Got no
          end of seed of B.gigantea by the same method though!
          B.l.ssp.occidentalis does come a close second to B.gigantea
          in terms of being a spectacular plant. All these things look
          most impressive if several plants are potted up together in
          a large container.
          
          Adwait,
          
          if your seeds are of B.l.ssp liniflora then sow and keep
          warm and damp and germination should be easy. If your seeds
          are B.l.ssp. occidentalis to get best results you may need
          to use Gibberellic Acid treatment as mentioned in a previous
          posting.
          
          Clark,
          
>I thought that B. liniflora was the 'easy' one, as opposed
>to the other Byblis (whose name I have forgotten -
>gigantea?).
          
          B.l.ssp liniflora is the *easier* of the Byblis plants to
          germinate in that it requires no special treatment. I would
          not consider either B.l.ssp. occidentalis or B.gigantea
          plants to be particularly difficult to germinate, especially
          compared with Northern Australian Utrics which I find
          particularly challenging.I have had somewhat higher success
          rates with B.gigantea than B.l.occidentalis
          
          Regards
          
          Loyd



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