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 14th October 2007 - 18:56 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 31st August 2006 From: Belgium Member No.: 2,476  |
Has anyone seen this before?
The seeds of this Sarracenia hydride has germinated in the seed head before this was ripe for harvesting? This Sarracenia had two flowers and in the 2 flower heads there where 2 to 3 seeds germinated into the head.          Kurt Spontini |
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14th October 2007 - 19:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,586 Joined: 11th September 2003 From: South East London Member No.: 737 |
How weird!
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14th October 2007 - 19:26 PM
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Eager to grow.
 Germination before seed is shed is I believe not uncommon in many plants. It's the first time I've seen it in Sarracenia and in theory it shouldn't happen, as seed is "programmed" to lie dormant until the following spring. |
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14th October 2007 - 22:15 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 589 Joined: 8th August 2006 From: Kentucky, USA Member No.: 2,410 |
it is aparrently very common(at least it is in the US) to have seeds germinate in the seed pod. while the seeds are still in the pod and are very fresh, they dont have the germination inhibiting chemical(or whatever it is) fully "activated". its tough to explaine. this has happened to me this year...but with drosera. 2 weeks ago my first D. intermedia pods started to yellow. ripe. i opened the pod and immediately sowed the seeds indoors. they germinated a few days ago. so now those seedlings are back outside so they can have a dormancy.
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15th October 2007 - 10:45 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 21st April 2005 From: newcastle upon tyne Member No.: 1,533 |
yes its common in a lot of plants.it can be caused high levels of humidity
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15th October 2007 - 17:10 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 3,939 Joined: 14th November 2003 From: Buffalo, New York Member No.: 819 |
Great instructional shot!
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