Re: Heliamphora Question

From: -Tom- (tkhayes@mail.microserve.net)
Date: Sat Dec 13 1997 - 18:55:10 PST


Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 21:55:10 -0500 (EST)
From: -Tom- <tkhayes@mail.microserve.net>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg4717$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Heliamphora Question

Carl,

>Are heliamphora self fertile? I've got an H nutans that is just starting to
>spike (odd time of year no?) and was wondering if I should bother to try to
>pollinate the flower. If it can be done, any suggestions on process? I
>would assume they are not too structurally different from Sarracenia seeing
>how they are related.

I personally remove the flowers since they never produce pollen for me
(under lights). Also, letting them flower really seems to slow them down a
lot. The flowers are really neat looking, so if you haven't seen onein
person, it might be worth letting it flower just to see them!
Take care & keep on growing,

Thomas K. Hayes

DANGEROUS PLANTS
dangerous_plants@hotmail.com
tkhayes@mail.microserve.net

http://www.infinicom.com/~thayes



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