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Post by dvg on Oct 2, 2019 16:19:19 GMT
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 18:15:52 GMT
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 stevebooth on Oct 12, 2019 12:18:23 GMT
That is very nice indeed.
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Post by dvg on Oct 18, 2019 13:17:51 GMT
My answer to "Are the petal fringes on that flower really that ragged looking?",  is "Frayed so".  dvg |
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Post by fredg on Oct 18, 2019 20:14:51 GMT
I think the comment "Groan" is appropriate at this point
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Post by dvg on Oct 22, 2019 23:13:06 GMT
I think the comment "Groan" is appropriate at this point Haha, 'fraid so, Fred.  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 17:37:36 GMT
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 19:01:44 GMT
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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Post by dvg on Feb 26, 2020 22:15:29 GMT
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Post by dvg on Mar 10, 2020 17:18:44 GMT
The flowers are now opened...    dvg |
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Post by dvg on Mar 16, 2020 20:27:40 GMT
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 dvg on Mar 23, 2020 18:04:07 GMT
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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Post by dvg on Mar 25, 2020 17:44:00 GMT
The middle flower dropped its corolla yesterday, a day later after the first two flowers had dropped their petals.
That was a pretty tight grouping, timewise, so now i'll wait to see what develops from here, if anything.
dvg
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Post by dvg on Jul 29, 2020 16:14:35 GMT
It's in the same pot, with a few more leafy stolons,  and a new flower stalk ascending.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Aug 18, 2020 18:01:10 GMT
Another asplundii flower to report on.  And it had a couple "Henri Pittier" visitors drop in today.  dvg |
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not here it isn't