Ping Flower problems?

[jeff]

for the subtropical US ping 2 cultivate condition in my home

substrate : peat /riversand 30/70

planifolia-ionantha -primuliflora always in water , immersion in spring

caerulea-lutea-pumila just substrate wet

good natural light

please do not cut the flower , that's what makes them beautiful
they do not behave at all like the Venus flytrap, they are subtropical plants.

they need to make flowers and seeds, that does not tire them, and do not die

jeff

[Dave Evans]

The reason the flowers are falling over is because they are growing without wind, if you're growing them inside. Outside, they get buffeted by breezes and winds which the plants respond to by making their stems thicker, more rigid, and/or shorter. You can simulate the effect with a small oscillating fan.

Make sure you pollinate the flowers! These species are not long lived and may be thought of as bi-annuals in cultivation. Pollinate the flowers and do collect the resulting seed, the rosettes themselves might expire within less than one year after flowering. Flowering does not tire them out, but it can be very difficult to transplant large plants and most don't make it.

[Dave Evans]

If you have different individuals in flower of the same species, it is best to cross pollinate them. I don't know anything about hybrids of these kinds of butterworts, and haven't heard of any, so maybe you'd want to try a couple attempts.

[jeff]

Bonjour

I make always on these species self pollination , but it is not easy , the anthers are behind the stigma.


for me it is not a wind problem but a light problem the corolla are always attracted by a good light source and according to this source often 'in situ' you have a stem more or less long , and a corolla more or less tilt , but it is just my reflection

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jeff

[richjam1986]

Jan 18, 2015 16:59:48 GMT 7 jeff said:

Bonjour

I make always on these species self pollination , but it is not easy , the anthers are behind the stigma.


for me it is not a wind problem but a light problem the corolla are always attracted by a good light source and according to this source often 'in situ' you have a stem more or less long , and a corolla more or less tilt , but it is just my reflection

web site

grow list

jeff

I would have to agree that it is likely a light problem, and not an issue with wind (though that may have an effect as well, but I don't think that's the primary issue). Plants need the energy from light in order to produce the structural carbohydrates that hold a stalk up in the first place. Plants grown in low light are notoriously etiolated (look it up) and floppy. Increase your lighting significantly, so that the plants are within just a few inches of your lighting if possible, and new flowers should start to grow more upright because they will be able to produce the amount of fibrous tissue necessary to do so.