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Post by dvg on Oct 2, 2019 11:22:06 GMT -5
This is another new arrival and yet another epiphytic Utricularia species. Apparently, there is more than one clone of Utricularia asplundii out there in cultivation, with at least one of them being very difficult to coax flowers from - this isn't that one. This one supposedly flowers nonstop. In fact, it was shipped out on the 16th of September, arrived on the 20th and stayed in it's shipping bag until the 28th, when it was eventually potted up into its current pot. It came with unopened flowers on a flower stalk, but I just assumed that it would abort those flowers. But that wasn't the case with this dependable fellow. With a Canadian Federal Election approaching soon on October 21, and politicians promising Canadian voters everything, it would be nice if those eventual winners were able to follow through on their election promises the way this clone follows through with its flowering. The promise of a chicken in every pot is unlikely to manifest for all of us, but that would certainly be better than getting a U. subulata in every pot. dvg
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Post by dvg on Oct 11, 2019 13:19:18 GMT -5
This is the open flower, and perhaps reflecting this topsy-turvy world... ...it too is turned up-side-down. dvg
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Post by dvg on Oct 18, 2019 8:22:11 GMT -5
My answer to "Are the petal fringes on that flower really that ragged looking?", is "Frayed so". dvg
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Post by dvg on Oct 22, 2019 18:20:34 GMT -5
The petal lobes have dropped, leaving the ovary with stigma flap still attached, sandwiched between upper and lower sepals/ calyces. dvg
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Post by dvg on Dec 4, 2019 12:41:30 GMT -5
U. asplundii sending up its first flower stalk under my care. The ovary, from the flower that was developing upon arrival, is now swollen with what i'm hoping is viable seed. dvg
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Post by dvg on Feb 6, 2020 14:05:52 GMT -5
An update on this plant. It has made a few new leaves, while the leaves that it arrived with, are now fading. The flower stalk from the previous post, will soon be hoisting blooms. dvg
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avery
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Post by avery on Feb 7, 2020 8:48:55 GMT -5
Lovely plant! I used to grow this species until I banished all Utricularia from my terrarium- but I may have to reconsider..!
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Post by dvg on Feb 7, 2020 12:10:49 GMT -5
Haha! Avery, you should talk to Bonfield, he's the gateway guy here to section Orchidioides utrics. I wasn't growing any bladderworts at all, until Cole suggested a few to start with. And that's how it begins with an alpina... ...until one night, you wake up in a cold sweat, with strong cravings, wantin' for more... dvg
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Post by avery on Feb 7, 2020 13:17:24 GMT -5
Tell me about it!! And yes, it’s all good until Utricularia start popping up in every. single. pot...
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Post by dvg on Feb 7, 2020 14:00:14 GMT -5
Yeah, the Corona virus spreads relatively slowly, compared to how fast a dose of subulata or bisquamata can completely spread their way through an otherwise clean collection. The seedy, weedy ones can do that, but they can all be made to be better neighbors, with better fences. (As in quarantined colonies, growing in sealed off enclosures, that they will without a doubt try to escape from anyway, and at one point, succeed at). They're kinda like keeping hermit crabs, they're gonna try to get out, so their enclosures have to be kept on high security lock-down at all times. dvg
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Post by dvg on Feb 26, 2020 17:19:05 GMT -5
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Post by dvg on Mar 10, 2020 12:31:05 GMT -5
The flowers are now opened... dvg
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Post by dvg on Mar 16, 2020 15:30:51 GMT -5
My first attempt at pollinating the flower at the beginning of this thread and collecting viable seed from it, appears to have been unsuccessful.
I did collect some scrubby looking "seeds" from the seed capsule, and proceeded to sow them into three small pots, that were sealed inside a large zipper-lock clear kitchen bag.
To which, other than some mosses starting, there is no signs of any Utric seedlings.
Last night though, I took the opportunity to pollinate all of the three recently opened U. asplundii flowers.
The pollen came off easily in all three flowers, and there were ample amounts of it available from each flower.
I used each flower's pollen on each of the other two flowers, hoping to get the right combination of viable pollen grains onto receptive stigma pollen flaps.
Will have to wait and see if any of the flowers yielded viable seed this go round.
dvg
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Post by gj on Mar 16, 2020 15:46:29 GMT -5
Best of luck! Hope we'll see some baby U. asplundii in the near future.
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Post by dvg on Mar 23, 2020 13:07:09 GMT -5
Noticed this morning that the corolla had dropped from the top flower on the stalk, which was also the last flower to open. Then less than an hour later, the bottom flower, which had flowered first, also dropped its corolla. The flowers were pollinated 7.5 days prior to their petals being shed. Fingers crossed for seed. dvg
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