Post by Joseph Clemens on Feb 24, 2009 17:40:13 GMT
Just before I stopped watering my collection, I had pollinated a Pinguicula jaumavensis flower with pollen from Pinguicula moctezumae and had five of the resulting seeds germinate and begin to grow. Much to my surprise all five seedlings survived their extended dry spell and have again begun to grow. None of them have yet produced flowers, though one is much more vigorous than its sister plants, and I have hopes of its accomplishing this soon. Once I have flowers I will post photographs of the plants and their flowers.
Okay - here are some photos of these plants:
Here is a hyperlink to a directory of other photos --more photos. I would say that they seem to take after their maturnal parent, since all five survived an extended dry spell, while about twenty of their paternal parent did not. Their physical appearance seems to be a blend of their two parents. One is a runt. One is all green, like their paternal parent, and the other three have some color like the maturnal parent, with one being more vigorous and more colorful than its siblings.
They have all recently been fertilized with a generous sprinkle of dried insect powder making it difficult to discern their actual leaf colors.
Okay - here are some photos of these plants:
Here is a hyperlink to a directory of other photos --more photos. I would say that they seem to take after their maturnal parent, since all five survived an extended dry spell, while about twenty of their paternal parent did not. Their physical appearance seems to be a blend of their two parents. One is a runt. One is all green, like their paternal parent, and the other three have some color like the maturnal parent, with one being more vigorous and more colorful than its siblings.
They have all recently been fertilized with a generous sprinkle of dried insect powder making it difficult to discern their actual leaf colors.
