RL7836 Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 I posted this as part of a longer, ongoing utric info-sharing thread on another forum but thought I should also share on this side of the pond ... 8^) The U. jamesoniana opened it's 1st flower a few days ago, so this weekend I took it out for pics & pollination. and the treefern plaque (one flower & at least 2 more buds) On a completely different topic - a cross I made last year (but just now getting some size) I know some others have posted pics with this cross but I was still quite shocked by how much the leaves have morphed into a reniformis shape. For me, this wasn't at all obvious given the leaf shapes of the two parents. .... and last a quick pic of one of the two alpina's currently flowering ..... and really last - a link to some U. asplundii flower pics that I posted in other threads but not here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 There is only one thing to say to the flower - pure jealousy! And congratulations of course!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Nice pictures Ron, I make the same hybrid. Do you have flower pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Salter Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Very nice and unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Nice flowers, my plants are also in flower in the moment. Also an interesting hybrid. Best regards, Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Nice pictures Ron, I make the same hybrid. Do you have flower pictures? No - no flowers yet. It still has some growing to do. I found the leaf shape interesting and thought I'd share. I was very happy that I had germinations - many / most of my hybrid attempts either do not produce any seed or the seed is produced but does not germinate - very frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Very nice -and congrats to your hybridization success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Hi Ron, My hybrid didn't produced goods seeds. Flower and leaves pictures: http://www.plantascarnivorasbr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7049&hilit=utricularia+nephrophylla Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) A quick follow-up pic with the U. jamesoniana. It seems that each time I take the plaque down, I find another new stalk (now 6). The pod in the middle was the 1st flower & it was pollinated w/ U. asplundi (& it seems to have taken - but we'll see). I tried to use U. alpina pollen for the bottom two but none of the 5-6 flowers I have open had any really useable pollen (what's up w/ that??). One of the interesting things with this plant (for me anyway) was that I originally placed a small start in dead sphagnum in the middle of this plaque. As you can see in this current pic, the plant has mostly avoided this middle area where it was started and colonized both above & below the original (but outside the sphagnum). Edited July 3, 2012 by RL7836 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Roller Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 really nice flower and plant!!! :-) congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted July 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 Very nice -and congrats to your hybridization success! Well, I won't know about success until there are germinations. The Orchidioides find many ways to fail for me ... Here's a pic of the harvested seed --- really like dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 My reaction exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S. Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Hi there, nice cross you did! Hope they germinate quickly! My U. jamesoniana is flowering too at the moment - I will try to cross pollinate it with U. quelchii and I hope it works!?! Would be an interesting cross I think. My U. alpina flowered also, but it's completly selffertile and it produces huge amount of seeds every year. I have now 2 years old seedlings and last year most of the seeds germinated in the seedpot... I have to sell the seeds this year! ;-) cheers Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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