Some mature Brocchinia reducta shots

[bluesboy]

Hi All,
Here's a number of shots of my Brocchinia reducta that I got from Tony Paroubek many years ago. At this point it's wayyyy too big for my growing set up, and I'd love to sell it, but shipping this plant would cost a small fortune, and disturbing the roots while it's flowering, I'm not sure is a good idea. It's just takes up such space- Oh, btw, some of the capsules look like they've been elongating, and swelling for the past months, as if there is seed activity going on inside; I know that it's commonly thought that Brocchinia reducta is dioecious, or at least it's flowers either have male or female parts, and not both, but I'm gonna see what happens with these pods (they look a bit like okra), as Stewart McPherson did say some flowers he saw looked to have both sex organs- it would be cool to get seed, since I think there's probably not too many clones out in cultivation. Anyway, here's the big guy, enjoy, Nick

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broc with puppies


close up of pups


flowers don't get more boring than this


Finish on top the world! (or at least the picture of it on the newspaper)

[Brian Barnes]

Nice plant Nick! Steve Stewart is your man on these babies...I have a plant from him and he has had his flowering and setting seed. Plus, he's germinated these guys before! If we meditate long enough, maybe the Great Brocchinia Master will appear with some advice for you...Ready? OOOOmmmmmmmOOOmmmm...... ;D

[stevestewart]

Nick,

I hope to hear of you getting seeds on your Brocchinia! I didn't do anything but notice the ripe capsules when they were ripe and harvest the seeds on my plant. Your plant is flowering at the same time of year that mine did, so I hope thats a good thing. I did notice that the flowers on my plant open as soon as the sun was directly on them in the morning. If you want to help yours with pollination you could lightly place a small paint brush into them and move the pollen around several flowers at that time of day. Keep an eye on the capsules. The seeds are small dry, dark brown and samara looking.

I didn't know seeds were unusual when I had them so I didn't pay much attention to them. It would be great if you could photograph some for documentation and or send them to other growers!

Take care,
Steve

[Brian Barnes]

Woo hoo! Told ya!