Flowering and Seed Production

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Flowering and Seed Production Apr 17, 2011 20:00:26 GMT

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Post by nmraskin on Apr 17, 2011 20:00:26 GMT

I am going to let my VFT produce its flowers this year. If I want to have seeds produced, what are things I need to make sure of? ?How do I go about pollinating the flowers so they produce seeds?

Thanks!

Hopefully, if I can get seeds to be produced, I'm going to use some to cultivate several new plants, and then I'd also like to contribute some to the ICPS seed bank.

ICPS-bob Administrator Posts: 1,901	Flowering and Seed Production Apr 17, 2011 20:43:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ICPS-bob on Apr 17, 2011 20:43:08 GMT There is a lot of helpful information available www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq2620.html www.flytrapcare.com/propagation-of-venus-fly-traps.html www.ehow.com/how_5822142_pollinate-venus-flytrap.html
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nmraskin Full Member Posts: 32	Flowering and Seed Production Apr 19, 2011 12:31:22 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nmraskin on Apr 19, 2011 12:31:22 GMT Thanks! I think i might just trim off the flower stalks and try to grow them as cuttings. The second article explains doing that sometimes works. So I may as well give it a try.
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Flowering and Seed Production Apr 23, 2011 16:54:14 GMT

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Post by nmraskin on Apr 23, 2011 16:54:14 GMT

I cut off the flower stalks using a sterile scalpel. Then I dipped the cut ends into rooting hormone, and placed them in spaghnum peat moss to see if they will take root and form new plants.

While doing that, I also took the opportunity to repot the original plant into fresh media and in a larger pot.

Does anyone know how long it might take for a cutting like this to take root?

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Flowering and Seed Production Apr 23, 2011 23:29:29 GMT

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Post by ICPS-bob on Apr 23, 2011 23:29:29 GMT

The flower stalk will not "root", but if successful, will produce callus that will then develop into small plantlets. Depending on conditions, it will take 5 weeks or so for the callus to form. See:
www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/how-long-to-form-callus-from-dionaea-flower-stalks-t741.html

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