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Post by Not a Number on Mar 12, 2007 21:55:02 GMT
Barry had sent some Darlingtonia 'Othello' seeds to Ivan Snyder, the seedbank manager of the LACPS. I picked up a packet of 'Othello' seeds from Ivan at the December meeting.
At least one of the seeds germinated around 03/06/07. I had sown the seeds on 02/18/07 after four weeks of stratification.
Ivan reports three of the seeds he had sown germinated on 01/26/07
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Post by BarryRice on Mar 13, 2007 0:03:15 GMT
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Keep us posted on whether any of your plants show signs of red pigmentation. I assume these are seeds resulting from 'Othello' x 'Othello' crosses?
Cheers
Barry
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Post by Not a Number on Mar 13, 2007 0:43:56 GMT
According to Ivan these are pure 'Othello' seeds that you field collected.
I have some 'Othello' x ? seeds from the ICPS seedbank, but they're still stratifying.
Edit:
Ivan reports that some of his 'Othello' x ? germinated too.
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Post by wouter on Mar 18, 2007 18:16:28 GMT
Hi Barry,
I had some seeds of the Darlingtonia too. You send them to the dutch CP society Carnivora.
I put the seeds 2 weeks ago in a heated greenhouse together with my Sarracenia's.
So far no germination, but I keep you posted.
Take care,
Wouter Noordeloos
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Post by BarryRice on Mar 20, 2007 19:50:22 GMT
Hey Folks,
I've got a set of seed pots from my 2006 experiments at the 'Othello' site. They include seeds from various experimental manipulations, like 'Othello' selfings, naturally pollinated 'Othello' (which will probably be 'Othello' x red plants), naturally pollinated red plants, etc etc.
I'm just starting to get germination on some of these pots now, too. These plants were given an outdoor winter stratification.
Cheers
Barry
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Post by marcel on Mar 20, 2007 20:03:43 GMT
Barry, thanks to your donation i've gotten from our seedbank a small amount of Othello x Othello, Othello x ? and red x ?. Sown outdoors 2 months ago. No germination yet, but I'll keep you posted.
Marcel
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Post by Not a Number on Mar 21, 2007 1:38:33 GMT
Ok, I just finish sowing the 'Othello' x ? seeds I got from the seed bank, after cold stratifying them 4 weeks in chopped NZ LFS. I guess I should keep better records and note the number of seeds I plant to get an idea of germination ratios. Too lazy to pick through the LFS at this point.
We shall see what happens.
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Post by Not a Number on Mar 25, 2007 16:55:24 GMT
Ivan Snyder asked me to relay this:
I have 3 pure 'Othello' growing nicely and many 'Othello' x?. Amongst the later a few of the newly forming pitchers have a red tinge. One of my pure 'Othello' has pitchers without the full twist. It's interesting to watch Darlingtonia seedlings develop. I am curious about the protopitchers which sometimes form and believe these can be what the ancestral pitchers looked like. They are rabbit ear shaped. I'd like to find a mutant that continues to produce these protopitchers and study the evolution of this pitcher plant.
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Post by Not a Number on Apr 2, 2007 6:41:26 GMT
Ok, the 'Othello' x ? has germinated, maybe one or two days earlier from the looks of them. I hadn't checked them as I wasn't expecting them to sprout so soon.
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Post by laura on Apr 5, 2007 3:06:58 GMT
Ivan also gave me some of the 'Othello' x 'Othello' seeds that he got from Barry. (Thanks, Barry!) Ten have germinated out of thirteen. They're tiny and some are a bit twisted from climbing up through the LFS.
Only one has the slightest hint of a pitcher but otherwise they look pretty healthy. I'll let you know if they get any coloring.
Laura
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Post by flytraplady5 on Apr 6, 2007 5:15:57 GMT
Oh my 'Othella ' seeds from ICPS, came up 3 weeks to the day from taking them out of 4 weeks cold stratification. Even before the one's that I collected from my own plants and some that I got from a grower in Oregon. Thanx so much Barry. Stephen and John ,did i forget anyone?for all your efforts in getting these plants pollinated and the seeds distributed. Also thanx for the gr8 oppurtunity to try to grow these plants. The Othella was way on the top of my list of wants. Lois
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Post by Not a Number on Apr 7, 2007 6:35:34 GMT
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Post by BarryRice on Apr 9, 2007 18:13:51 GMT
Hey "Not a number",
Uhhhh....the fiber that you mention, that has you so perplexed, are strands of cotton from the cotton balls that I used to plug the bottom of the the mesh sacks that enclosed the flowers, to keep pollinators out.
Sorry about that!
Barry
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Post by marcel on Jun 22, 2007 9:30:49 GMT
Yes! We have germination!!! Red x ? seems to be the fast one, the others are coming also though.
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Post by karenmichelle on Jun 26, 2007 19:12:56 GMT
In December, I received two packets of Darlingtonia californica from the Seed Bank. I had ordered one, but was suprised by two! One packet originated from Oregon and the gift originated from Nevada County, California. Thank you so much! Each were sown in separate pots and given the same treatment. Nearly all of the seeds germinated.
The 'Othello' X? from Cali were so quick to sprout, they were off to the races. A small percentage of the Cali seedlings do have obvious red pigmentation, but the majority are yellow in color. The Oregon seedlings were a darker green and seemed to disappear, one at a time, until they were all gone.
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