Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 20:27:45 -0700 From: Doug Burdic <dburdic@presys.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1728$foo@default> Subject: Re: Seeds and stems
Hi Glenn,
Really appreciate your post and I can definitely identify with pots
being knocked over...I had a racoon get inside my greenhouse earlier
this spring and they trashed several large pots of Sarracenia. :^O!! Oh
well, the plants survived, but I won't get any seed off them until next
year, because appearantly racoons like Sarracenia flowers. Maybe it's
something about the smell..I know for a fact that they love skunk
cabbage which can smell similar, at least our native west coast L.
americanus does.
I'm glad that you were able to get seed last year by cross pollinating
clones from the same stock plant..maybe you'll have some available next
year that I can trade or buy? Would love to try my hand at this species
since I'm completely unfamiliar with it.
Take care and thanks again for the information.
Best Wishes,
Doug
Douglas Burdic
dburdic@presys.com
Florence,Oregon
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Glenn Rankin wrote:
>
> Hi Doug,
>
> > defined as: 'Few-flowered'. Does this species self-pollinate like most
> > Drosera I wonder? Would love to try out this one sometime if you ever
> > have any seed to sell.
>
> Last year I had flowering in two plants that came from the same parent
> (multiple sprouts from the dormant root system). By cross pollinating
> them I was able to get viable seed.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have any seed this year. Very early this spring
> multiple plants were putting up flower stalks when the pot was knocked
> over and broken. The transplanting was enough shock to set back the
> plants and abort all the flowers.
>
> Glenn Rankin (San Francisco Bay area)
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