Flowering Dionaea seedling

[mmlr38]

I get a laugh out of this every time I see it on my grow rack, so I thought I'd share. It's a seedling that I started in vitro at the end of September. The culture that it was in got contaminated so I had to deflask it about a month ago. Now it's sending up a flower stalk!

[Devon]

Matt, you and your flytraps..... lol. very cool, are you going to let it flower? this might be a dumb question, but could it be a new mini clone?

[mmlr38]

Devon, yep, I'm going to let it flower. I think it will be cool to see the flower opening on that little guy. Also, I might try to pollinate to see if I can get a seed or two...hah!

That's not a dumb question about it being a new mini clone. At this point, I can't say for sure, but I doubt that it will stay that small forever. It will probably grow up and be a normal sized adult. I think it's flowering because it had a surplus of energy when it was in vitro.