Re: tuberous Drosera fertilization

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Mon Apr 27 1998 - 16:15:00 PDT


Date:    Mon, 27 Apr 98 19:15 EDT
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1415$foo@default>
Subject: Re: tuberous Drosera fertilization

Hello Derek,

> ...tuberous Drosera flowers are self-fertile and someone said no.
> I have a D.bulbosa
> that's sending up a couple or more inflorescenses and I'm curious if the
> plant itself is not self-fertile, or just the flowers (i.e. like Dionaea
> where the male and female parts don't ripen at the same time) and whether
> it's likely at all I could successfully cross-pollinate it between
> flowers?

   Maybe, D.peltata is self-pollinating, so some tuberous Drosera are
able to do what you want. I don't know about D.bulbosa though.

Dave Evans



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