Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 10:50:23 -0500 (EST) From: Oliver T Massey CFS <massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg811$foo@default> Subject: Re: Pinguicula caerulea
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> Does P.caerulea self-pollinate? Mine flowered a couple of months ago, so
> I attempted to self the flowers (the second came up after the first had
> wilted) but it's been a month or so since the flowers wilted off and they
> really don't look like they're doing anything like making seeds. I'm sure
> I got pollen where it was supposed to go (Thanks Bob! :) so if they will
> self, they should be doing it.
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Derek:
Yes, they are self fertile, but no they will not self pollinate. You have to
help out. :) If the flower has been off for more than two or three days and
you are not seeing a swelling seed pod, then somehow they were not pollinated.
Tom in Fl
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