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Post by william9in on Jul 21, 2012 9:42:36 GMT 7
Experiment One: will a male nepenthes flower root? Yes or No  One cup of filtered water and some bee honey to stimulate rooting. (No nods on this cutting, its a flower) |
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Post by lance on Jul 21, 2012 10:38:00 GMT 7
Well, its possible, but I doubt it since its a flower  . The flower probably still needs a tremendous amount of nutrients to open and make pollen so I don't think it will open either since that nutrients comes from the mother plant. |
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Post by william9in on Jul 21, 2012 10:43:54 GMT 7
Ok. No for lance.
Thanks lance!
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Post by morbus on Jul 21, 2012 12:50:07 GMT 7
why not remove the flowers from the stalk plants are crazy things - im interested to see what happens  Ive read of people rooting leaves, but then nothings happens because there is no bud but it is/will be interesting to see what happens |
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Post by kevnep on Jul 21, 2012 13:28:18 GMT 7
Ive hears that someone succesfully rooted a leaf? So why not
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Post by vmiller on Jul 21, 2012 14:23:26 GMT 7
No from me. Just dont see how its possible.  |
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Post by F R e N c H 3 z on Jul 21, 2012 19:35:44 GMT 7
I tried this with my last flower stalk (also male) it was a no go  |
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Post by sirkristoff on Jul 21, 2012 22:17:55 GMT 7
Nope... Even if it roots somehow, there are no dormant nodes in a flower stalk, I don't see how it could grow.
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Post by lance on Jul 21, 2012 22:50:10 GMT 7
Just a question but what Nepenthes did this come from?
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Post by lazarus on Jul 22, 2012 2:25:59 GMT 7
It's anatomically/physiologically impossible for this genus to do that :/. The meristem tissue in the center of the stem is the only tissue capable of producing roots, while the axillary meristem at the internodes is the only tissue capable of producing a new growth point, under NORMAL conditions, not including tissue culture, a very different beast, or cases where the plant's hormones are out of whack and you do get unusual growth in the flower stalk such as leaves or even shoots.
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Post by nodine on Jul 22, 2012 4:47:36 GMT 7
Add a couple of fern leaves and an aspirin. That's a centerpiece!
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Post by william9in on Jul 22, 2012 21:12:51 GMT 7
Thanks everyone for your input on this experiment! This flower is from N. 'Dyeriana' Thanks Nodine!  I tried this with my last flower stalk (also male) it was a no go French3z, how long did you have the flower in the water? |
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Post by lance on Jul 22, 2012 21:26:36 GMT 7
Well, if you do get some pollen, keep me in mind  . I have a female campotiana hybrid on the way that we could split seeds with. |
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Post by Dave Evans on Jul 22, 2012 23:09:53 GMT 7
The growing flowers require too much attention (food and water), and so the flower stem will not last long enough to root. Plus once the pollen or seed finishes growing, the stalk appears to be programmed to die.
So you can put me down for two no's.
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Post by william9in on Jul 23, 2012 0:02:08 GMT 7
I think Lazarus and Dave hit the nail on the head. Thanks guys!
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