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Post by corky on Aug 20, 2016 16:43:55 GMT
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Post by fredg on Aug 20, 2016 20:54:12 GMT
They look very happy corky
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Post by corky on Aug 23, 2016 22:17:31 GMT
Better pics , h.pulchella ( Chimanta Tepui) 
 h.minor (Auyan Tepui)  |
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Post by stevebooth on Aug 24, 2016 13:17:56 GMT
Very nice Corky
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Post by corky on Sept 9, 2016 19:36:53 GMT
 h. Pulchella ( chimanta tepui) has flowered , been using a tuning fork to try and collect pollen, no luck at all if I release some its so light it disappears upwards into a puff , how the hell can I collect that:-( |
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Post by fredg on Sept 9, 2016 19:39:13 GMT
What happens if you hold the tuning fork to a brush?
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Post by corky on Sept 9, 2016 20:01:53 GMT
Sounds like a plan, I shall try that over the weekend , so hold the brush next to the fork and catch the pollen straight onto the brush? Is that what your thinking
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Post by fredg on Sept 9, 2016 20:16:01 GMT
Hold the tuning fork onto the brush handle and make the brush hairs vibrate is my thinking. Mimic the pollinators
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Post by corky on Sept 14, 2016 20:04:44 GMT
Well I'm still trying to get pollen, think I've been too early or too late . Then this cranefly flew clumsily in , straight for the nectar spoon:-) 
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Post by corky on Oct 30, 2016 11:23:44 GMT
More flowers on the way from h. Pulchella ( chimanta tepui)  even the old flowers are still attractive, seem to stay a pink colour, I hope one is pollinated with h. Minor as some swelling is going on  |
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Post by corky on Sept 25, 2017 8:57:48 GMT
H.pulchella in bloom again  |
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Post by corky on Nov 6, 2018 21:55:04 GMT
 three stages of h pulchella blooms |
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Post by corky on Dec 8, 2019 22:30:50 GMT
Heliamphora minor is flowering like crazy at the moment  and the plant has filled and well overhanging a six inch pot  I'll soon have no choice but to split it up |
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Post by dvg on Dec 9, 2019 17:26:45 GMT
Looking good there Corky.
Have you made Heli seed before?
You have some very nice specimens in your collection.
Thanks for sharing.
dvg
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Post by corky on Dec 9, 2019 20:55:38 GMT
Never managed to succeed in pollinating the flowers ,I have tried a few times with no luck ,I will keep trying though
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not here it isn't