Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 13:59:12 +0200 From: "Wistuba, Hermann, Dr. (KFB)" <HERMANN.WISTUBA@KFB-MORG01.x400.basf-ag.de> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2452$foo@default> Subject: AW: Re: HTML code to convert ?260F to ?2
Hi Dave,
may be, the Petiolaris plants from Beverly Springs are
triploid and therefore steril. You can try ( only for science reason !!)
to pollinate it with the Pollen of another Pygmy.
Hermann
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SUBJECT: Self sterile Drosera
> From: Coutadeur Fabrice <coutadeur.f@GARDENER.COM>
>
> And I wonder if a self sterile plant would be sterile too with one of its
> clone ( for example, a pygmy ) ...
Hi Fabrice,
If a plants is self-sterile it cannot use it's own pollen to
make seed =--> This means no pollen from it will work, even if
someone were to send some pollen from the same clone from the other
side of the world.
However, some plants are even more picky than this and will not
use pollen of close relatives (say, from the same parent). This
seems to be true of the Petiolaris plant sp. from Beverly Springs
(erect). I have tried many times to use different clones from the
same batch of seeds, but none of the flowers has set seed.
On the other hand, there are plants which are self-fertile but
not self-pollinating, such as VFT and the Sarracenieae (sp?) family.
For these, you have to help the plants out with a small brush or
something else that fits.
Dave Evans
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