North West Neps Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 This is an interesting post by Paul Barden on his Nitrogenseekers blog today. Apparently his vogelii flowered male last year, but has flowered female this year. [link] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMHoff Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 Didn't think it was possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthes Lowii Posted September 12, 2015 Report Share Posted September 12, 2015 I think that plant is one of the smarter nepenthes :-) If you think about it, it's very good because if you can have two sexes.., your species can reproduce more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 (edited) The genetics might jus be "loose". This happens to plants in horticulture. Mutations in the genetic controls in the DNA change the way coded genes behave/interact and the timing of when genes turn on and off. Some Nepenthes species might simply have "looser control" over their own genetics. Edited September 16, 2015 by Dave Evans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 Dodgy memory syndrome perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Nepenthes divided out from a group of plants which have perfect flowers, dividing into male and female was very likely one of the mutations that lead directly to the evolution our current Nepenthes. All other related genera have perfect flowers so it makes sense to assume this is a rather recent development. It is thought this happened when two different kinds of barely compatible species hybridized, but incompletely, dividing the resulting species into either male or female individuals while doubling the number of chromosomes. I believe this allowed Nepenthes to evolve faster as now fewer individuals can hold more genetic diversity as compared to individuals of Drosera, Dionaea, Aldrovanda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepenthes Lowii Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) This plant reminds me of DOGE! He(um.. she?) is the SMARTEST NEPENTHES EVER! It knows how to survive! (not my photo... from here :https://twitter.com/very__doge) Edited September 21, 2015 by Nepenthes Lowii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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